ASSESSMENT 11

Calories and Cholesterol. The number of calories and the number of milligrams of cholesterol for a
random sample of fast-food chicken sandwiches from seven restaurants are shown here. Is there a
relationship between the variables?
Calories x. 390 535 720 300 430 500 440
Cholesterol y. 43 45 80 50 55 52 60
CALORIES AND CHOLESTEROL

CALORIES (x) CHOLESTEROL (y) xy x2

390 43 16,770 152,100
535 45 24,075 286,225
720 80 57,600 518,400
300 50 15,000 90,000
430 55 23,650 184,900
500 52 26,00 250,000
440 60 26,400 193,600
∑x=3,315 ∑y=385 ∑xy=189,495 ∑x2=1,675,225
ASSESSMENT 11

Since the sample size is 7 and a=0.05, the critical obtained from PPMC table is 0.754. For significant
relationship, a value of r less than +0.754 is needed. Since r=0.069, the null hypothesis is not rejected.
Hence, there is not enough evidence to say that there is a significant linear relationship between the
variables.