Question

A pediatrician wants to determine the relation that may exist between a​ child's height and head circumference. She randomly selects 5 children and measures their height and head circumference. The data are summarized below. Complete parts​ (a) through​ (f) below. Height​ (inches), x 25 25.5 27.75 26.5 27 Head Circumference​ (inches), y 16.9 17.1 17.6 17.3 17.5 ​(a) Treating height as the explanatory​ variable, x, use technology to determine the estimates of beta 0 and beta 1. beta 0almost equalsb 0equals nothing ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.) beta 1almost equalsb 1equals nothing ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.)

Answer 1

Using Minitab software, (Stat -> Regression -> Regression -> Fit Regression Model), we get the following output :

The estimated regression equation is

So,