10.4E: The Regression Equation (Exercise)
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Use the following information to answer the next five exercises. A random sample of ten professional athletes produced the following data where x is the number of endorsements the player has and y is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars).
x | y | x | y |
---|---|---|---|
0 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
3 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
2 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | 13 | 4 | 10 |
Draw a scatter plot of the data.
Use regression to find the equation for the line of best fit.
Answer
ˆy=2.23+1.99x
Draw the line of best fit on the scatter plot.
What is the slope of the line of best fit? What does it represent?
Answer
The slope is 1.99 (b=1.99). It means that for every endorsement deal a professional player gets, he gets an average of another $1.99 million in pay each year.
What is the y-intercept of the line of best fit? What does it represent?
What does an r value of zero mean?
Answer
It means that there is no correlation between the data sets.
When n=2 and r=1, are the data significant? Explain.
When n=100 and r=−0.89, is there a significant correlation? Explain.