Stat 200

Quiz: 10.1 & 10.2

15 Points

ANSWER KEY
Name

SHOW ALL WORK FOR FULL CREDIT! Simplify answers where appropriate.
1. (3 points) Indicate by letter the correct answer from the list (A) (E).

A. 0

Which of the values for the correlation coefficient would

indicate the strongest relationship between the variables
X and Y?

Which of the values given can not be a correlation

coefficient?

B. 0.124
C. 0.814
D. 0.652
E. 1.318

2. (4 points) A researcher wishes to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the
temperature (in F) and sales of hot beverages at a local coffee shop. Data is collected on the days
high temperature and total sales of hot beverages over 24 days. The sample correlation coefficient is
determined to be r 0.631. Does a relationship exist between temperature and hot beverage sales?
Use 0.05 .

H0 : 0
H1 : 0

From the table for Critical Values for the PPMC, with d.f. = 22 (use
row for d.f. = 20), CV=0.423.

|r|=0.631 > 0.423

REJECT H0 . There IS a significant negative relationship between the high temperature and
total sales of hot beverages.

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3. (8 points) A math professor distributes a list of optional review problems for an exam. The table
below records the number of the optional problems completed (Problems, X), and the score received
on the exam (Score, Y), for a sample of 9 students.

Problems (X):
Score (Y):

15
81

3
76

24
95

20
87

8
80

16
83

11
88

6
71

26
93

The table below summarizes the totals only for the data:

Problems (X)

Score (Y):

XY

X2

Y2

=129

=754

=11,243

=2,363

=63,654

a. Calculate the correlation coefficient, r.

n xy x y

2
2
n
x 2 x n y 2 y

3921
0.872
46264370

911243 129754

92363 129 963654 754

2

b. Find the equation of the regression line.

y x 2 x xy 7542363 12911243 331355

71.629
2
2
2
4626

9
2363

129
n x x
b

n xy x y

n x 2 x

911243 129754
92363 1292

3921
0.848
4626

So the equation of the line is:

y 71.629 0.848x

c. Predict the exam score for a student who completed 22 of the review problems..

y 71.629 0.848(22) 90.3

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