Answer to Question #131464 in Statistics and Probability for Michael

Question #131464

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A researcher examined the relationship between Variables X and Y among 20 male subjects, and he graphed a scatter plot as seen below. One of the lines (A, B, C, or D) is the regression line for predicting Y from X. Which one is it?

Expert's answer

SOLUTION:

Data points are scattered around line B.

So, line B has the least deviation .So, line B is best fitting line for the given data set.

ANSWER:

correct answer is line B.