Suppose we want to examine the relationship between scores on a popular standardized test and performance in college. We have chosen a random sample of fifteen students just finishing their first year of college, and for each student we've recorded her score on the standardized test (from 400 to 1600) and her grade point average (from 0 to 4) for her first year in college. The data are shown below, with x denoting the score on the standardized test and y denoting the first-year college grade point average. A scatter plot of the data is shown in Figure 1.

Standardized test score, x	Grade point average, y
1190	3.02
1330	3.57
1260	3.16
1090	2.13
920	2.66
850	2.34
940	2.20
1510	2.93
1400	3.14
990	2.38
1060	2.75
1010	3.10
790	2.24
1290	3.11
1500	3.45

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Grade point average	y 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 x 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500
	Standardized test score

Figure 1

The value of the sample correlation coefficient r for these data is approximately 0.766

.Answer the following. Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places, and round your answers as specified below. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)

(a)	What is the value of the slope of the least-squares regression line for these data? Round your answer to at least four decimal places.
(b)	What is the value of the y-intercept of the least-squares regression line for these data? Round your answer to at least four decimal places.