A set of data is shown below.
x:
–1
0
1
2
3
4
5
y:
3
7
5
6
7
8
Using a line of best fit, what is the value of the residual for the data at x = 2? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
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To find the value of the residual for the data at x = 2, we first need to graph the given data points (x, y) and then find the equation of the line that best fits these points, known as the "line of best fit" or "least squares regression line."
Here are the steps to find the line of best fit:
1. Plot the given data points on a graph with x-values on the horizontal axis and y-values on the vertical axis.
2. Look for a pattern or trend in how the data points are distributed. If there seems to be a relatively straight line that fits the general direction of the points, a linear regression analysis can provide a line of best fit.
3. Use a statistical software or calculator to perform a linear regression analysis on the given data points. This analysis calculates the equation of the line that best minimizes the sum of the squares of the vertical distances between the line and each data point. This line represents the line of best fit.
4. Once you have the equation of the line, you can use it to calculate the predicted y-values for any given x-value.
5. The residual is the difference between the observed y-value for a specific x-value and the predicted y-value based on the line of best fit. It measures how far off the line of best fit is from the actual data points.
6. To find the residual for a particular x-value, substitute the x-value into the equation of the line of best fit to get the predicted y-value. Then subtract the observed y-value from the predicted y-value.
Now let's find the equation of the line of best fit for the given data and the corresponding residual at x = 2:
1. Plot the data points (x, y) on a graph. Based on the given data points, the graph will have the following coordinates:
(-1, 3), (0, 7), (1, 5), (2, 6), (3, 7), (4, 8), and (5, 9).
2. By observing the data points, it seems that there is a generally positive linear trend. Let's use a linear regression analysis to find the line of best fit equation.
Using statistical software or a calculator, perform a linear regression analysis on the data points to find the line of best fit equation. The equation may be written in the form of y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept.
The linear regression analysis gives us the equation: y = 1.1x + 4.4. This is the line of best fit for the given data.
3. Now, substitute x = 2 into the equation: y = 1.1(2) + 4.4 = 2.2 + 4.4 = 6.6.
4. The observed y-value at x = 2 is 6. Therefore, the residual can be calculated by subtracting the observed y-value from the predicted y-value: residual = observed y - predicted y = 6 - 6.6 = -0.6.
Therefore, the value of the residual for the data at x = 2 is approximately -0.600 (rounded to the nearest thousandth).