Question 11 Mark
Find the line of regression of $\mathrm{X}$ on $\mathrm{Y}$ for the following data: $\mathrm{n}=8, \Sigma\left(\mathrm{x}_i-\mathrm{x}\right)^2=36, \Sigma\left(\mathrm{y}_i-\mathrm{y}\right)^2=44, \Sigma\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{x}\right)\left(\mathrm{y}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mathrm{y}\right)=24$
Answer
View full question & answer→$b_{x y}=\frac{\sum(x-\bar{x})(y-\bar{y})}{\sum(y-\bar{y})^2}$
$=\frac{24}{44}=\frac{6}{11}$
Regression equation of $\mathrm{X}$ on $\mathrm{Y}$ is
$
\begin{aligned}
& (x-\bar{x})=b_{x y}(y-\bar{y}) \\
& (x-\bar{x})=\frac{6}{11}(y-\bar{y})
\end{aligned}
$
$=\frac{24}{44}=\frac{6}{11}$
Regression equation of $\mathrm{X}$ on $\mathrm{Y}$ is
$
\begin{aligned}
& (x-\bar{x})=b_{x y}(y-\bar{y}) \\
& (x-\bar{x})=\frac{6}{11}(y-\bar{y})
\end{aligned}
$