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Statistics & DataChallengeTwo Variables

Two Variables · Challenge problem

Height and weight of students have correlation r=0.6r = 0.6. A student's height is 1.51.5 standard deviations above the mean height, and his weight is 0.50.5 standard deviations above the mean weight. The standard deviation of weight is 1010 pounds. What is this student's residual, in pounds, from the least-squares line predicting weight from height?