Chapter 1. Tutorial: Regression 2

Problem Statement

Consider the plot of the number of drownings in a state vs. the total ice cream sales for the state over a 15 year period.

Figure 1.1: Figure Caption

Step 1

questions

Question 1

The indicates that for every additional million dollars of sales of ice creams, the expected number of drownings increases by .

Correct.
Incorrect.

Step 2

Consider the following plots of a relationship between X and Y.

Figure 1.2

You might be surprised to learn that the R2 = 0.666 for ALL of the above plots!

For each of the below explanations, select the appropriate set:

Question 4

R2 is not appropriate because the relationship is not linear.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect.