The following data were obtained from a sample of 12 respondents. With respondents' highest grade of schooling completed as your dependent variable and fathers' highest grade of schooling completed as your independent variable, calculate the Y-intercept and the slope and write down the linear regression equation which summarizes the relationship between these two variables.
Highest Grade of School Completed (Respondent)Highest Grade of School Completed (Father)Highest Grade of School Completed (Mother)1212121410121414121088141212161212151051266161620141313151412141414 Mean13.8311.7511.50St. Dev.1.752.903.90Variance3.068.0215.18
What will be an ideal response?
Y = 9.11 + .40x
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