Exhibit 14-6 You Are Given the Following Information About Y and X

question 51

Essay

Exhibit 14-6
You are given the following information about y and x.
-Scott Bell Builders would like to predict the total number of labor hours spent framing a house based on the square footage of the house. The following data has been compiled on ten houses recently built.
a. Develop the least-squares estimated regression equation that relates framing labor hours to house square footage.
b. Use the regression equation developed in part (a) to predict framing labor hours when the house size is 3350 square feet.

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