A help desk devoted to student software problems also receives phone calls. The number of persons that

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A help desk devoted to student software problems also receives phone calls. The number of persons that can be served in person, within one hour, is the response y . The predictor variable, x, is the number of phone calls answered.

(a) Calculate x̅, y̅ , Sxx, Sxy, and SYY.
(b) Calculate the least squares estimates β̂0 and β̂1
(c) Determine the fitted line.
(d) Use the fitted line to give a point estimate of the predicted number of persons served when 3 calls are answered.
(e) Use software to confirm your answer in Part (c).
Using R: lm(y ~ x) after x=c(0, 1,2,3,4)  and y=c(6, 7,4,2, 1)

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Statistics Principles And Methods

ISBN: 9781119497110

8th Edition

Authors: Richard A. Johnson, Gouri K. Bhattacharyya

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