Is the number of square feet of living space a good predictor of a house’s selling price? The following data collected in April, 2015, show the square footage and selling price for fifteen houses in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

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Is the number of square feet of living space a good predictor of a house’s selling price? The following data collected in April, 2015, show the square footage and selling price for fifteen houses in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Size (1000s sq. ft) Selling Price ($1000s)  
1.26 117.5  
3.02 299.9  
1.99 139.0  
0.91 45.6  
1.87 129.9  
2.63 274.9  
2.60 259.9  
2.27 177.0  
2.30 175.0  
2.08 189.9  
1.12 95.0  
1.38 82.1  
1.80 169.0  
1.57 96.5  
1.45 114.9  

Develop a scatter diagram with square feet of living space as the independent variable and selling price as the dependent variable. What does the scatter diagram indicate about the relationship between the size of a house and the selling price?

a.   Develop the estimated regression equation that could be used to predict the  selling price given the number of square feet of living space.

Please do not hand write. thank you.

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