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STATISTICS AND
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Quarter 4 – Module 3
Regression Analysis

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Statistics and Probability for Senior High School
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Quarter 4 – Module 3: Regression Analysis
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Quarter 4 – Module 3
Regression Analysis

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.

Cover Page i
Copyright Page ii
Title Page iii
Table of Contents 1
Lesson 1: Calculation and Interpretation of the Slope &
y-intercept of the Regression Line 2
What you need to know 2
What I know 2
What’s In 3
What’s New (Equation of a Regression Line) 3
What is it (Solution) 5
What’s more 6
What I have learned 7
What can I do 7
Assessment 7
Answer key 9
Lesson 2: Solving Problems Involving Regression Analysis 10
What you need to know 10
What I know 10
What’s In 11
What’s New (Activity) 11
What is it (Solution) 13
What’s more 14
What I have learned 14
What can I do 15
Assessment 15
Answer key 17
Reference 17
Writer’s Profile 18

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 Lesson Calculation and Interpretation of the
1 Slope and Y-intercept of a Regression
Line

What you need to know...

This module will assist you in understanding the slope and y-intercept of a
regression line, which will be composed of the lesson below:

 Calculation and interpretation of the slope and y-intercept of a regression

line

You are expected to learn...

After going through this module, you are expected to be able to:

 Calculate and interpret the slope and y-intercept of a regression line

How to learn from this module...

To achieve the objectives of this module, you need to read its contents
comprehensively and follow the instructions provided in every activity.

What I Know

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter of your answer.
You may use a separate sheet of paper.

1. In the equation y ' =3+ 4 x , what is the slope?

a. 3 c. 4
b. y ' d. 4 x
'
2. In the equation y =10−2 x , what is the value of the y-intercept?
a. y ' c. −10
b. −2 d. 10

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 3. Which of the following scenarios could give you a meaningful regression
analysis?
a. There is no linear relationship between the variables
b. The value of r is not significant
c. There is a strong negative linear relationship between the variables
d. Correlation will be done after the regression analysis
4. In a regression line, how do you call the magnitude of the change in one
variable when the other variable changes at a unit?
a. Unit change c. marginal change
b. Variable change d. regression change
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5. If the equation of the regression line is y =5+.123 x , how can it be
interpreted?
a. Every unit of change in the value of x, the value of y also changes at
5 units on average
b. Every unit of change in the value of y, the value of x also changes at
5 units on average
c. Every unit of change in the value of x, the value of y also changes at .
123 unit on average
d. The slope of the line is .123

What’s In
In the previous lessons, you learned that when we study variable relationships,
we first need to collect our data and use correlation to determine if linear relationships
exist. The most commonly used is the Pearson Correlation Coefficient r. If ever we
find that a relationship is existing between the variables, we then need to test if such
relationship is significant. And if it is tested to be significant, we can proceed to
determining the equation of the regression line.

What’s New
The regression line is also called as the line of best fit. Its significance is in
enabling us to interpret data trends and help us in making predictions based on that
data, the latter which is to be discussed further in the next lesson.
Again, please take note that in doing regression, you first need to consider the
following assumptions:
a. There exist a relationship between the variables; and
b. The relationship is tested to be significant.

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 The stated conditions are necessary to be first met, otherwise doing a regression
analysis would be totally pointless.
A scatterplot is one way of illustrating a line of best fit. The figure below shows a
scatterplot of a data of two variables. Notice that several lines can be drawn on the
graph near the points. With this, you should be able to draw the line of best fit. Best fit
means that the sum of the squares of the vertical distances from each point to the line is
at a minimum.

The Equation of a Regression Line

Going back in our algebra concepts, an equation of a line is given by y=mx+b,
where m stands for the slope and b for the y-intercept. Similarly, an equation of a
regression line is given by y ' =a+ bx , where b is the slope and a is the y-intercept.
Furthermore, the corresponding formulas for the y-intercept a and the slope b are
as follows:
a=¿ ¿
b=n ¿ ¿

where n is the number of data pairs.

The rounding rule for both a and b is up to three decimal places.

Activity 1
Given the data below, find the equation of the regression line and provide an
interpretation of the results.

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 Studen No. of Study Hours Final Grade in Math
t ( x) (y)
A 2 79
B 3 83
C 5 85
D 9 88
E 11 89
F 15 93

What is it
Solution
Before we can successfully proceed to solving for the equation of the regression
line, we need to solve first for the necessary summations. As such, a completed table
like the one shown below would be of great help.

Studen No. of Study Hours Final Grade in Math

t ( x) ( y)
xy x2

A 2 79 158 4
B 3 83 249 9
C 5 85 425 25
D 9 88 792 81
E 11 89 979 121
F 15 93 1395 225
45 517 3998 465

The values needed for solving the equation are as follows:

n=6, since there are six pairs of data
∑ x =45
∑ y=517
∑ xy =3998
∑ x 2=465
Solving for the y-intercepta, we get

a=¿ ¿

Solving for the slopeb , we also get

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b=n ¿ ¿

Hence, the equation of the regression line y ' =a+ bx is y ' =79.078+.945 x where
the slope is .945 and the y-intercept is 79.078.The y-intercept is the value you get when
x=0. That is, it is the value at some point where the line intersects the y-axis.

Interpretation

Marginal change is the magnitude of the change in one variable when the other
variable changes exactly one unit. In the problem, the value of the slope b, which is .
945, is the marginal change. This means that for every change in the value of x, which
is the number of study hours, the value of y which is the grade also changes at .945unit
on the average. Similarly, the value of the y–intercept a is 79.078. This means that the
grade of a student would be 79.078 if he/she has zero hours of study.

What’s more
Given the data below, find the equation of the regression line and provide an
interpretation of the results.

Studen No. of Days Absent Score in 50 point

t ( x) Math Quiz ( y )
A 1 47
B 2 40
C 3 35
D 4 27
E 5 15

What I have learned

1. What are the two things you should do before you start finding the equation of
the regression line?
2. What are the assumptions in conducting a regression?
3. If the value of the Pearson coefficient r is found to be insignificant, what
would be the expected result of the regression analysis?
4. What is the function of the slope b in a regression line?

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 What can I do

Activity. Please follow the instructions below.

1. Think of any pair of data (x∧ y ¿that may appeal to you (e.g. age and
number of sleep hours, etc.).
2. Conduct an interview to at least five (5) persons in your household by
recording their respective responses to your chosen data.
3. Present the results in tabular form and find the corresponding equation of
the regression line.
4. Provide an interpretation of the results.

Assessment

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter of
your answer. You may use a separate sheet of paper.

1. In the equation y ' =5+6 x , what is the slope?

a. 5 c. 6 x
b. y ' d. 6
2. In the equation y ' =12−6 x , what is the value of the y-intercept?
a. y ' c. −12
b. 12 d. −6
3. Which of the following scenarios could give you a meaningful regression
analysis?
a. There is no linear relationship between the variables
b. Correlation will be done after the regression analysis
c. There is a strong negative linear relationship between the variables
d. The value of r is not significant
4. In a regression line, how do you call the magnitude of the change in one
variable when the other variable changes at a unit?
a. Unit change c. marginal change
b. Variable change d. regression change
5. If the equation of the regression line is y ' =6+ .234 x, how can it be
interpreted?
a. Every unit of change in the value of y, the value of x also changes at
6 units on average

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 b. The slope of the line is .234
c. Every unit of change in the value of x, the value of y also changes at .
234 unit on average
d. Every unit of change in the value of x, the value of y also changes at
6 units on average

ANSWER KEY
What I know

What’s more

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What I have learned

Assessment

Lesso Solving Problems Involving

n Regression Analysis
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What you need to know...

This module will assist you in understanding the concept of regression analysis,
which will be composed of the following lessons:

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 - Prediction of the value of the dependent variable given the value of the
independent variable; and
- Solving problems involving regression analysis

What you are expected to learn...

After going through this module, you are expected to be able to:
1. Predict the value of the dependent variable given the value of the independent
variable; and
2. Solve problems involving regression analysis

How to learn from this module...

To achieve the objectives of this module, you need to read its contents
comprehensively and follow the instructions provided in every activity accordingly.

What I Know

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter of your
answer. You may use a separate sheet of paper.

6. What is the value of the equation y=3+ 4 x if the value of x is twice the
slope?
a. 7 c. 19
b. 11 d. 35
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7. If the linear regression equation is y =103−1.7 x, what would be the value of
y ' when x=10?
a. 101.3 c. 93
b. 86 d. 106
8. Which of the following scenarios could not possibly give us an acceptable
prediction using the equation of regression?
a. Predicting the future company revenue based on past sales
b. Predicting the crop yield of a farm depending on rainfall days
c. Predicting the number of hospital patients based on the season
d. Predicting the age of a student based on his/her grade
9. In a study involving number of student tardy days and their corresponding
quiz scores, the resulting regression equation is y=43+.756 x. What would
be the corresponding score if a student never committed any tardy day?
a. 41 c. 42
b. 43 d. 44

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 10. In a study involving the number of assists in a basketball game
(independent) and the total points (dependent), find the total points of a
game when the number of assists is 30. Use y '=2.693+ 1.962 x.
a. 61 c. 62
b. 63 d. 64

What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned how to identify the dependent and
independent variables of a data set. You also learned that the equation of a regression
line is in the form y ' =a+ bx , where b is the slope and a is the y-intercept. Similarly, you
learned how to interpret a regression line equation.

What’s New
Today, you will be learning on how to use the equation of a regression line to
make predictions on the value of the dependent variable. That’s right! You heard it
properly – prediction, or shall I say estimation of a value of a dependent variable in
which the value of the independent variable is not present in your data given the
circumstances that you have found.

To give you an idea on how to do such prediction (or estimation), let me start by
showing you a sample problem.

Activity 1
Below is a sample data about the top achieving students of a school given their
number of study hours ( x) and their score in the math final exam ( y ). Find the equation
of the regression line and predict the value of the dependent variable if the value of the
independent one is 14.

Student No. of Study Hours Score (out of 100)

A 5 83
B 7 87
C 8 89
D 11 93
E 13 96

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 Before we proceed with our initial computation, we must remember that in
making regression analysis, the data must be correlated and that the correlation must
be significant. For the sake of this discussion let us just have the assumption that such
requirements have been met.
Now, like what we did in the previous module, we first need to solve for the
necessary values in finding the slope a and the y-intercept b. Hence, we should come
up with the following:

No. of
Studen Score out
Study xy x^2
t of 100 (y)
Hours (x)
A 5 83 415 25
B 7 87 609 49
C 8 89 712 64
D 11 93 1023 121
E 13 96 1248 169
44 448 4007 428

The values needed for solving the equation are as follows:

n=5, since there are five pairs of data
∑ x =44
∑ y=448
∑ xy =4007
∑ x 2=428
Solving for the y-intercept a, we get

a=¿ ¿

Solving for the slope b, we also get

b=n ¿ ¿
Hence, the equation of the regression line y ' =a+ bx is y ' =75.667+1.583 x where
the slope is 1.583 and the y-intercept is 75.667.

Interpretation
In the regression line equation, our slope b is 1.583 which means that for every
change in the value of x, which is the number of study hours, the value of y which is the
score also changes at 1.583 unit on the average. Similarly, the value of the y–intercept
a is 75.667. This means that the score of a student would be 75.667 if he/she has zero
hours of study.

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 What is it
Now, since our main objective is to predict the value of y when the value of x is
14, we will now use our newfound equation. We will replace x with 14.

y ' =75.667+1.583 x
y ' =75.667+1.583(14)
y ' =75.667+22.162
y ' =97.829

Hence, if a student’s study hours is 14, his/her expected score in the math exam
would be 97.829.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

When using a regression line, you can only apply the interpretations of the slope
and y-intercept over the range of x values. It is dangerous to make predictions or
statements beyond the scope of what you observed in the data set.
In our example, we found that when a student studies for about 14 hours he/she
would have a score of 97.829. But should we use that same equation to predict their
scores when the number of study hours are already very large, say 100? Definitely not.

What’s more
The data below shows the ages of students x in a certain school, and the
corresponding number of them having smartphones y. Find the equation of the
regression line and predict the number of students with smartphones with the age of 20.
Consider the variables to be correlated and that the correlation is significant.
No. of Students
Age
with Smartphones
(x)
(y)
13 19
14 32
16 37
17 45
19 49

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 What I have learned

5. Why it is dangerous to make predictions beyond the scope of what you have
observed in your data set?
6. Give at least two examples of situations wherein prediction of the value of the
dependent variable using the equation of the regression line would be
meaningless.

What can I do

There has been a study telling that the speed of a vehicle before it met an
accident can be estimated by measuring the distance of the skid marks it has created
during full braking. Consider the table below.

MPH Braking Distance (ft)

20 20
30 45
40 81
50 133
60 205
80 411

Assume MPH is going to be used to predict stopping distance.

1. Find the regression equation.

2. Interpret the slope and the y-intercept of the equation.
3. Find the braking distance when MPH=45.
4. Find the braking distance when MPH=100.
5. What would you say if we proceed on predicting beyond the data values?

Assessment

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 Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter
of your answer. You may use a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is the value of the equation y=4+5 x if the value of x is twice the
slope?
a. 7 c. 19
b. 11 d. 54
2. If the linear regression equation is y ' =103−1.7 x, what would be the value of
y ' when x=20?
a. 101.3 c. 93
b. 86 d. 99.6
3. Which of the following scenarios could not possibly give us an acceptable
prediction using the equation of regression?
a. Predicting the future company revenue based on past sales
b. Predicting the crop yield of a farm depending on rainfall days
c. Predicting the number of hospital patients based on the season
d. Predicting the age of a student based on his/her grade
4. In a study involving number of student tardy days and their corresponding
quiz scores, the resulting regression equation is y=34 +.756 x. What would
be the corresponding score if a student never committed any tardy day?
a. 41 c. 34
b. 43 d. 44
5. In a study involving the number of assists in a basketball game
(independent) and the total points (dependent), find the total points of a
game when the number of assists is 30. Use y '=2.693+ 1.962 x.
a. 61 c. 62
b. 63 d. 64

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Key Answers
Pretest Enrichment Activity

Post test

Reference
1. Bluman, Alan. (2012) Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach. New York:
McGraw Hill

Writer’s Profile
Name: ARIEL A. TARUCAN

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Position: Teacher III
Educational Attainment:
Master of Science in Teaching Mathematics (CAR)
Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Mathematics
Module Title: Module 2 – Regression Analysis
Division: Misamis Oriental
School: Talisayan National High School – Senior High School
District: Talisayan

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