A Set of X and Y Scores Has a Regression

question 78

Multiple Choice

A set of X and Y scores has a regression equation with a slope of b = 4.If the mean for the X values is MX = 2 and the mean for the Y values is MY = 6,what is the Y-intercept value for the regression equation?

• A)-2
• B)-22
• C)4
• D)-4

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Definitions:

Normal

In statistics, this describes a distribution that is symmetric around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Resamples

In statistics, resampling is a method that involves drawing repeated samples from the original data samples.

Means

The average values obtained by dividing the sum of all observations by the number of observations.

Bootstrapping Process

A statistical resampling method used to approximate the distribution of a statistic by repeatedly sampling with replacement from the observed data.