In regression analysis, the variable that is used to explain the change in the outcome of an experiment, or some natural process, is called

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• This question is related to questions 4 and 21 above. The relationship between number of beers consumed (x) and blood alcohol content (y) was studied in 16 male college students by using least squares regression. The following regression equation was obtained from this study: $$$ \hat{y} = -0.0127 + 0.0180x$$ Another guy, his name Dudley, has the regression equation written on a scrap of paper in his pocket. Dudley goes out drinking and has 4 beers. He calculates that he is under the legal limit (0.08) so he decides to drive to another bar. Unfortunately Dudley gets pulled over and confidently submits to a road-side blood alcohol test. He scores a blood alcohol of 0.085 and gets himself arrested. Obviously, Dudley skipped the lecture about residual variation. Dudley’s residual is:
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• You studied the impact of the dose of a new drug treatment for high blood pressure. You think that the drug might be more effective in people with very high blood pressure. Because you expect a bigger change in those patients who start the treatment with high blood pressure, you use regression to analyze the relationship between the initial blood pressure of a patient (x) and the change in blood pressure after treatment with the new drug (y). If you find a very strong positive association between these variables, then:
• The relationship between number of beers consumed (x) and blood alcohol content (y) was studied in 16 male college students by using least squares regression. The following regression equation was obtained from this study: $$$\hat{y} = -0.0127 + 0.0180x$$ The above equation implies that:
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