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In a simple linear regression y_i = α + β x_i + ε_i, you calculate the sample covariance hatCov(x, y) = 0.0012 and the sample variance hatVar(x) = 0.0008.

What is the estimated OLS slope hatβ?

  1. 0.67
  2. 1.20
  3. 0.00096
  4. 1.50

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