Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Explaining the Concepts - Page 220: 33

Answer

It represents the expected value of the response variable to a given value of the explanatory variable.

Work Step by Step

The least-squares regression line is $ŷ =b_1x+b_0$, where x is the explanatory variable and $ŷ$ is the expected value of the response variable.
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