Chapter 3: Q T3.11. (page 202)
Sarah鈥檚 parents are concerned that she seems short for her age. Their doctor has the following record of Sarah鈥檚 height:

(a) Make a scatterplot of these data.
(b) Using your calculator, find the equation of the least squares regression line of height on age.
(c) Use your regression line to predict Sarah鈥檚 height at age years ( months). Convert your prediction to inches
().
(d) The prediction is impossibly large. Explain why this happened.
Short Answer
Part (b) The least-squares regression line is
Part (c) S鈥檚 height will be inches.
Part (d) Predicting Sarah鈥檚 height at age years ( months) is an extrapolation of the relationship beyond what the data show.
Part (a)





