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For the residual plot below, explain whether the plot shows a linear or non-linear model and why.

For the residual plot below, explain whether the plot shows a linear or non-linear-example-1
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Answer:

It is a linear model

Explanation:

The answer choices imply that you can model the relationship between the variables with a line or curve.

find the relevant data points on the scatter plot and draw a line of best fit to visualize this relationship. The line of best fit should be drawn through appropriate points. The only far away point can be ignored. The line of best fit need not pass through the majority of the points.

According to the scatter plot and the line of best fit, it will be seen that as X - variables increases, Y - variable decreases, leading to a strong negative correlation.

The Majority of the data points are fairly close to the line of best fit, which means the correlation is strong.

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