Question

Managers at a company rate employee's on performance and attitude and find that an employee's attitude depends on their performance. They find a linear relationship and the line of best fit is y = 11.7 + 1.02x. What does 1.02 mean in the context of the problem?

A)That if their attitude rating was 0 the performance rating would be 1.02.
B)That if the performance rating was 0, their attitude rating would be 1.02.
C)That for every point their performance rating goes up their attitude rating improves by 1.02 points.
D)That for every point their attitude rating goes up their performance rating improves by 1.02 points.

Answer 1

if x(performance) goes up by 2 then y (attitude) will go up by 1.02*2

Answer 2

The answer is C.) That for every point their performance rating goes up their attitude rating improves by 1.02 points.