Introduction to Regression Analysis

Calculating the Y-Intercept

To find the y-intercept, calculate and , the average of the x- and y-values respectively.




Then substitute these two values for x and y in the = b + a equation. Finally, solve for the unknown quantity a.







Therefore, the complete relationship between glucose concentration and absorbance for the data is y = 0.002x, where y is the absorbance and x is the glucose concentration.

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