The National Opinion Research Center administered the General Social Surve
persons in the United States who were 18 years of age or older. One question asked
respondents for their highest grade of school completed (Respondent's Years of Education).
Another question asked respondents for the highest grade of school that their father had
completed (Father's Years of Education).
The equation for the least squares regression line for predicting a respondent's years of
education, ý, from the years of education for the respondent's father, x, is:
ý = 9.996 + 0.355x
Predict the years of education for a person whose father had 14 years of education. Round to
the nearest whole number.