13.1 Predicting weight For a study of female college athletes, the prediction equation relating y = total

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13.1 Predicting weight For a study of female college athletes, the prediction equation relating y = total body weight (in pounds) to x1 = height (in inches) and x2 = percent body fat is yn = -121 + 3.50x1 + 1.35x2.

a. Find the predicted total body weight for a female athlete at the mean values of 66 and 18 for x1 and x2.

b. An athlete with x1 = 66 and x2 = 18 has actual weight y = 115 pounds. Find the residual and interpret it.

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9781292164878

4th Global Edition

Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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