The following data give the percentage of women working in five companies in the retail and trade industry. The percentage of management jobs held by women in each company is also shown. %Working 68 45 73 55 61 %Management 50 22 65 48 34 d. Develop the estimated regression equation by computing the values b 0 and b 1. Enter negative values as negative numbers. Round your answers to one decimal place. y = _ + _ x e. Predict the percentage of management jobs held by women in a company that has 60% women employees. Round your intermediate calculation to 1 decimal place and answer to nearest whole value.

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The following data give the percentage of women working in five companies in the retail and trade industry. The percentage of management jobs held by women in each company is also shown.



%Working 68 45 73 55 61
%Management 50 22 65 48 34

 

d.  Develop the estimated regression equation by computing the values b 0 and b 1.

Enter negative values as negative numbers. Round your answers to one decimal place.
y = _ + _ x

 

e.  Predict the percentage of management jobs held by women in a company that has 60% women employees. Round your intermediate calculation to 1 decimal place and answer to nearest whole value.

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