Chapter 12: Q.48 (page 719)
Graph “year” vs. “# flu cases diagnosed.” Do not include pre-1981. Label both axes with words. Scale both axes
Short Answer
The scatter plot:
Chapter 12: Q.48 (page 719)
Graph “year” vs. “# flu cases diagnosed.” Do not include pre-1981. Label both axes with words. Scale both axes
The scatter plot:
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Get started for freeThe average number of people in a family that attended college for various years is given in Table 12.29.
a. Using “year” as the independent variable and “Number of Family Members Attending College” as the dependent variable, draw a scatter plot of the data.
b. Calculate the least-squares line. Put the equation in the form of: \(\hat{y}=a+bx\)
c. Find the correlation coefficient. Is it significant?
60. The following table shows the poverty rates and cell phone usage in the United States. Construct a scatter plot of the data
Year | Poverty Rate | Cellular Usage per Capita |
2003 | 12.7 | 54.67 |
2005 | 12.6 | 74.19 |
2007 | 12 | 84.86 |
2009 | 12 | 90.82 |
66. Can a coefficient of determination be negative? Why or why not?
Use the following information to answer the next five exercises. A random sample of ten professional athletes produced the following data where is the number of endorsements the player has and is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars)
Use regression to find the equation for the line of best fit.
Using the data to determine the linear-regression line equation with the outliers removed. Is there a linear correlation for the data set with outliers removed? Justify your answer.
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