Using Solver rather than linear regression, what is the intercept and B1 that minimizes the RSS of this data?

Note from Eric: I'm not going to ask you to do this on the test because I can't validate that you used Solver instead of Linear Regression. However, I told Jane to write this question because I think it's an excellent way to tie together Solver and Linear Regression concepts into a single question.

Hint from Eric, you need to make a few extra columns to do this.

X Y
2 4
7 6
12 8

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Using Solver rather than linear regression, what is the intercept and B1 that minimizes the RSS of this data?

Note from Eric: I'm not going to ask you to do this on the test because I can't validate that you used Solver instead of Linear Regression. However, I told Jane to write this question because I think it's an excellent way to tie together Solver and Linear Regression concepts into a single question.

Hint from Eric, you need to make a few extra columns to do this.

X	Y
2	4
7	6
12	8

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

We start by restating the task and the data to be analyzed: we want the intercept B0 and slope B1 that minimize the residual sum of squares (RSS) for Y = B0 + B1*X using Solver, given the data points (X, Y): (2,4), (7,6), (12,8).

A standard way to minimize RSS for a linear model is ordinary least squares (OLS). Even when using Solver, the objective is typically to minimize the sum of squared residuals, which yields the OLS estimates of B0 and B1. Proceeding with the OLS calculation:

1) Compute means:
- X_mean = (2 + 7 + 12) / 3 = 21 / 3 = 7
- Y_mean = (4 + 6 + 8) / 3 = 18 / 3 = 6

2) Compute the numerator and denominator for the slope B1 = Sxy / Sxx:
- Sxy = Σ[(Xi - X_mean)(Yi - Y_mean)]
  = (2 - 7)(4 - 6) + (7 - 7)(6 - 6) + (12 - 7)(8 - 6)
  = (-5)(-2) + 0 + (5)(2) = 10 + 0 + 10 = 20
- Sxx = Σ[(Xi - X_mean)^2]
  = (2 - 7)^2 + (7 - 7)^2 + (12 - 7)^2
  = (-5)^2 + 0^2 + 5^2 = 25 + 0 + 25 = 50

Thus B1 = Sxy / Sxx = 20 / 50 = 0.4.

3) Compute the intercept B0 = Y_mean - B1 * X_mean:
- B0 = 6 - 0.4 * 7 = 6 - 2.8 = 3.2.

Therefore, the pair (B0, B1) that minimizes RSS for this data is B0 = 3.2 and B1 = 0.4. This result aligns with what Solver would produce when the objective is RSS minimization, since Solver is being used here to find the same least-squares fit that linear regression would yield.

Why the other ideas are not being considered in this question: there is no alternative option provided to compare against, so we focus on why this particular B0 and B1 arise from the optimization. Since RSS is a quadratic convex function in B0 and B1, the optimum is unique and corresponds to the OLS solution derived above.

In summary, the computed intercept is 3.2 and the slope is 0.4 because these values satisfy the least-squares conditions for the given three data points, and Solver would identify the same values when the objective is to minimize RSS.

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