A manufacturing company is interested in predicting the number of defects that will be produced each hour on the assembly line.The managers believe that there is a relationship between the defect rate and the production rate per hour.The managers believe that they can use production rate to predict the number of defects.The following data were collected for 10 randomly selected hours.
Given these sample data,the simple linear regression model for predicting the number of defects is approximately = 5.67 + 0.048x.

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A manufacturing company is interested in predicting the number of defects that will be produced each hour on the assembly line.The managers believe that there is a relationship between the defect rate and the production rate per hour.The managers believe that they can use production rate to predict the number of defects.The following data were collected for 10 randomly selected hours.
  Given these sample data,the simple linear regression model for predicting the number of defects is approximately  = 5.67 + 0.048x.

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The statement describes a situation where a simple linear regression model can be used to predict the number of defects using the production rate as a predictor variable. The given equation represents the estimated linear relationship between the number of defects (the response variable) and the production rate (the predictor variable).

A Manufacturing Company Is Interested in Predicting the Number of Defects