The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 26 - Inference for Regression - Chapter 26 Exercises - Page 641: 26.38a

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Scatterplot of the data is appended below: r = -0.649 Cal = 560.7 - 3.077 Time We can observe that the slope is negative and r has negative value. Hence there is negative association between Time at the Table and Calories consumed.

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