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Eyeball-estimate the regression line for the following scatterplot. Then determine the intercept of that line. Select the answer that comes closest to your eyeball-estimate of the intercept.

Eyeball-estimate the regression line for the following scatterplot. Then determine-example-1

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The intercept of the eyeballed regression line is approximately 70.

The regression line is a line that best fits the data points in the scatterplot.

To eyeball-estimate the regression line, I look at the overall pattern of the data points and try to draw a line that passes through as many points as possible, with an equal number of points above and below the line.

In the given scatterplot, the data points have a positive correlation, meaning that as the child's score increases, the adult's IQ also tends to increase.

The regression line should therefore have a positive slope.

Estimate of the intercept

The intercept of the regression line is the point where the line crosses the y-axis.

In other words, it is the predicted value of the adult's IQ when the child's score is zero.

From the eyeballed regression line, I estimate that the intercept is approximately 70.

This is because the line crosses the y-axis at a point that is approximately 70 units above the origin.

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