Question: The operations manager of a musical instrument distributor feels that demand for bass drums may be related to the number of television appearances by a popular rock group during the preceding month. The manager has collected the data shown in the below table:

A. Graph these data to see whether a linear equation might describe the relationship between the group’s television shows and bass drum sales.

B. Compute SST, SSE, and SSR. Find the least squares regression line for these data.

C. What is your estimate for bass drum sales if the Rock Group performed on TV six times last month.