Attending Class The following data represent the number of days absent, x, and the final grade, y, for a sample of college students in a general education course at a large state University
No. of Absensense, x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Final grade, y 89.2 86.4 83.5 81.1 78.2 73.9 64.3 71.8 65.5 66.2
A) Find the least-sqaures regresssion line treating number of absenses as the explanatory variable and final grade as a response variable.
B) Interpret the slope and y-intercept , if appropriate.
C) Predict the final grade for a student who misses five class periods and compute the residual. Is the final grade abover or below average for this number of absenses.
D) Draw a least-sqaures regression line on the scatter diagram of the data.
E) Would it be reasonable to to use the least-sqaures regression line to predict the final grade for a student who has missed 15 class periods? why or why not?