AP Statistics › How to find linearity
A basketball coach wants to determine if a player's height can predict the number of points the player scores in a season. Which statistical test should the coach conduct?
Linear regression
Correlation
P-score
T-test
ANOVA
Linear regression is the best option for determining whether the value of one variable predicts the value of a second variable. Since that is exactly what the coach is trying to do, he should use linear regression.