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Question: General form of the regression line used in statistics is ____ and the y′-intercept and the slope respectively are


A ) y′ = a + bx, a, b
B ) y′ = ax2 + b, b, a
C ) y′ = a + bx2, a, b
D ) y′ = ax + b, b, a

Steps to derive

1 General form of the regression line used in statistics is y′ = a + bx.

2 The y′ - intercept is a.

3 The slope is b.



Hence the right answer is Option A

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