Assume You Have Noted the Following Prices for Paperback Books $\alpha$

question 12

Essay

Assume you have noted the following prices for paperback books and the number of pages that each book contains.

a.Develop a least-squares estimated regression line.
b.Compute the coefficient of determination and explain its meaning.
c.Compute the correlation coefficient between the price and the number of pages. Test to see if x and y are related. Use $\alpha$ = 0.10.

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