A Psychologist Wants to Determine If There Is a Linear

question 25

Essay

A psychologist wants to determine if there is a linear relationship between the number of hours a person goes without sleep and the number of mistakes he/she makes on a simple test. The following data is recorded.
a. Draw a scatter plot.
b. Determine the regression line equation and plot the regression line
on the scatter plot.

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