Least Squares Regression (Part 2)
that appear on you formula chart.
Consider again the bivariate data of age in years
and average sleep duration in hours.
Let x = Age and y = Average sleep duration in hours,
calculate ¿ , y ¿.
Graph this point on the LSRL. What do you notice
about this point?
Will ¿ , y ¿ ALWAYS be on the LSRL?
Non-Resistant Measures
Here are the formulas for least squares regression
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y=b0 +b 1 x
This is the general form for the LSRL where b 0 is the y-
intercept and b 1is the slope.
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b 1=
∑ ( xi −x ) ( y i − y ) This equation is used to solve
∑ ¿¿¿
for the slope based on the sum of the products of the
deviations divided by the sum of the squared deviation in
x. (not used often)
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sy
b 1=r ∙ This equation can be used for the slope of the
sx
LSRL in terms of the correlation coefficient and the
sample standard deviation ratio of each of the variables.
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b 0= y−b1 ∙ x This equation can be used to find the y-
intercept based on the average values of our data and
the slope of the LSRL.
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Example using statistics: The following statistics are
found for the variables number of hours of study
and final grade.
x=2.4 y=75
s x =1.5 s y =8 r =0.819
Find the LSRL.
Predict the final grade for 6.5 hours of studying.