Question

A large city hospital conducted a study to investigate the relationship between the number of unauthorized days that employees are absent per year and the distance (miles) between home and work for the employees.

Develop the least squares estimated regression equation to estimate the number of absent days based on the distance the employee lives away from work. Using the estimated regression line, provide the predicted number of absent days from work given the employee works 7 miles from the hospital.

Distance of Work	Number of Days Absent
1	8
3	5
4	8
6	7
8	6
10	3
12	5
14	2
14	4
18	2

Answer 1

predicted number of absent days from work given the employee works 7 miles from the hospital=6 days