Olympic figure skating For many people, the womens figure skating competition is the

QUESTION:

For many people, the women’s figure skating competition is the highlight of the Olympic Winter Games. Scores in the short program x and scores in the free skate y were recorded for each of the 24 skaters who competed in both rounds during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. A regression analysis was performed using these data. The scatterplot and residual plot follow. The equation of the least-squares regression line is \(\hat{y}=-16.2+2.07 x\). Also, \(s=10.2\) and \(r^{2}=0.736\)

(a) Calculate and interpret the residual for the gold medal winner, Yu-Na Kim, who scored 78.50 in the short program and 150.06 in the free skate.

(b) Is a linear model appropriate for these data? Explain.

(c) Interpret the value of s.

(d) Interpret the value of \(r^2\)