The data gives the values of the 29 teams in the National Basketball Association, along with their operating incomes and revenues. Plots and correlations show that revenue predicts team value much better than does operating income. The least-squares regression line for predicting value from revenue is as follows: value = -123.298 + 4.242 revenue (a) What is the slope of this line?: 4.242
(b) The HORNETS are the NBA's most valuable team, valued at $547 million, with $147 million in revenue. Use the line to predict the value of the HORNETS from their revenue. What is the error in this prediction?: -123.298 + (4.242 * 147) = 500.276 547