Refer to Exercise 38. a. Interpret the slope of the regression line. b. Does the value of

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Refer to Exercise 38.

a. Interpret the slope of the regression line.

b. Does the value of the y intercept have meaning in this context? If so, interpret the y intercept. If not, explain why.


Exercise 38.

Joan is concerned about the amount of energy she uses to heat her home. The scatterplot shows the relationship between x = mean temperature in a particular month and y = mean amount of natural gas used per day (in cubic feet) in that month, along with the regression line ŷ =1425−19.87x .

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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