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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Fred’s Dog/BeardTo help solve his problem about what size dog to get, Fred summarizedthe information he got from his friends in the table below.Dog Weight (kg) Amount <strong>of</strong> dog food (kg)2 0.16655 0.3338 110 0.75020 140 1.62560 2.2580 2.5100 3120 3.5He also calculated some st<strong>and</strong>ard statistics used in regression.• ȳ = 44.5• ¯x = 1.6125n∑• (x i − ¯x) 2 = 11.9043i=1n∑• (y i − ȳ) 2 = 16790.5i=1n∑• (x i − ¯x)(y i − ȳ) = 439.9578i=1n∑ √• (xi − ¯x) 2 (y i − ȳ) 2 = 447.0782i=1While regression can be done simply on statistical s<strong>of</strong>tware, it is possibleto calculate simple linear regression by h<strong>and</strong>. Since Fred did not haveaccess to his computer he decided to calculate the equation by h<strong>and</strong>.262

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