Predict the height of a person based on mother

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Suppose you are interested in examining the relationship between a person's height and their mother's height. You randomly select 40 people for your analysis and record their heights and their mothers' heights in centimetres. You find a linear pattern in the scatterplot of the data. The table given below shows the computer output of the simple linear regression of the data to predict the height of a person based on their mother's:

PredictorCoefficientStd Errt-Valuep-ValueConstant 26.2717.8562.850.008Mother's height0.71370.15864.670.000

R-squared = 0.468

Answer the next three questions based on the paragraph given above. You need not use any spreadsheet software for this purpose. The results required to answer the questions are given in the comprehension.

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