Section 4.2 Exercises

CLARIFYING THE CONCEPTS

Question 4.99

1. What is the objective of regression analysis? (p. 209)

4.2.1

To approximate the relationship between two numerical variables using the regression line and the regression equation

Question 4.100

2. What is the regression equation? (p. 210)

Question 4.101

3. Describe how we use the regression equation to make predictions. (p. 213)

4.2.3

We can find the predicted value of by plugging a given value of into the regression equation and simplifying.

Question 4.102

4. Explain the difference between and . (p. 214)

Question 4.103

5. Describe what is meant by extrapolation. (p. 215)

4.2.5

Extrapolation is the process of making predictions based on -values that are beyond the range of the -values in our data set.

Question 4.104

6. What is the relationship between the slope of the regression line and the correlation coefficient? (p. 210)

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PRACTICING THE TECHNIQUES

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To do Check out Topic
Exercises 7–12,
and 13a–24a		 Example 6 Calculating the
regression coefficients.
Exercises 13b–24b Example 7 Interpreting slope and intercept
Exercises 25a–36a Example 9 Making predictions
Exercises 25b–36b Example 10 Calculating and
interpreting prediction
errors
Exercises 25c–36c Example 11 Extrapolation

Exercises 7–12 refer to scatterplots in the Section 4.1 exercises. For each indicated scatterplot, state whether the slope of the regression line would be positive, negative, or near zero.

Question 4.105

7. Exercise 21

4.2.7

Negative

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8. Exercise 22

Question 4.107

9. Exercise 23

4.2.9

Positive

Question 4.108

10. Exercise 24

Question 4.109

11. Exercise 25

4.2.11

Negative

Question 4.110

12. Exercise 26

For Exercises 13–24, do the following:

  1. Calculate the slope and the intercept of the regression line. Write the regression equation.
  2. Interpret the values for and .

Question 4.111

13.

10 20 30 40
2 5 9 12

4.2.13

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 unit, the estimated value of increases by 0.34 unit. When the estimated value of is −1.5.

Question 4.112

14.

0 2 4 6
50 60 50 40

Question 4.113

15.

−5 −4 −3 −2 −1
10 18 18 26 26

4.2.15

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 unit, the estimated value of increases by 4 units. When the estimated value of is 31.6.

Question 4.114

16.

−3 −1 1 3 5
−25 −35 −40 −45 −50

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17.

5 10 15 20 25 30
7 8 8 8 7 8

4.2.17

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 unit, the estimated value of increases by 0.0114 unit. When the estimated value of is 7.4667.

Question 4.116

18.

6 7 8 9 11 13
9 9 9 9 9 9

Question 4.117

19.

−70 −60 −50 −40 −30 −20 −10 0
5 10 15 20 20 15 10 5

4.2.19

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 unit, the estimated value of remains 12.5. When the estimated value of is 12.5.

Question 4.118

20.

−30 −23 −15 −12 −1 5 14 29
103 88 76 62 54 47 30 20

Question 4.119

21. The heights (in inches) and weights (in pounds) of a sample of five women are recorded.

66 122
67 133
69 153
68 138
65 125

4.2.21

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 inch, the estimated weight increases by 7.2 pounds. When inches, the estimated weight is −348.2 pounds.

Question 4.120

22. The number of days absent from a class, and the course grade.

0 95
2 90
4 85
6 70
8 60

Question 4.121

23. The cost of a repair job and the number of hours spent on the repair.

2 120
3 180
5 230
8 350
10 380

4.2.23

(a) (b) For each increase of 1 hour of labor, the estimated cost of the repairs increases by $32.61. When hours of labor, the estimated cost of the repairs is $69.38.

Question 4.122

24. Attendance at a baseball game (in thousands), and the amount of rainfall at a baseball stadium that day (in inches).

0.0 40
0.0 42
0.1 38
0.5 30
1.0 20

For Exercises 25–36, do the following for the indicated data:

  1. Predict the value of for the given value of .
  2. Calculate and interpret the prediction error.
  3. State whether or not the prediction represents extrapolation.

Question 4.123

25. Data from Exercise 13;

4.2.25

(a) (b) . The data point lies above the regression line, so the actual -value of 9 is greater than the predicted -value of 8.7. (c) Does not represent extrapolation

Question 4.124

26. Data from Exercise 14;

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27. Data from Exercise 15;

4.2.27

(a) (b) . The data point lies below the regression line, so the actual -value of 10 is less than the predicted -value of 11.6. (c) Does not represent extrapolation

Question 4.126

28. Data from Exercise 16;

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29. Data from Exercise 17;

4.2.29

(a) (b) can't be found (c) Represents extrapolation

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Question 4.128

30. Data from Exercise 18;

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31. Data from Exercise 19;

4.2.31

(a) (b) The data point lies below the regression line, so the actual -value of 5 is less than the predicted -value of 12.5. (c) Does not represent extrapolation

Question 4.130

32. Data from Exercise 20;

Question 4.131

33. Data from Exercise 21;

4.2.33

(a) (b) . The data point lies below the regression line, so the actual weight of 138 pounds is less than the predicted weight of 141.4 pounds. (c) Does not represent extrapolation

Question 4.132

34. Data from Exercise 22;

Question 4.133

35. Data from Exercise 23;

4.2.35

(a) (b) can't be found (c) Represents extrapolation

Question 4.134

36. Data from Exercise 24;

APPLYING THE CONCEPTS

For Exercises 37–51, do the following for the indicated data sets from the Section 4.1 exercises:

  1. Calculate the slope and the intercept of the regression line.
  2. State the regression equation in words.
  3. Interpret the value for the slope of the regression line, in terms of the variables from the particular exercise.
  4. Interpret the value for the intercept of the regression line, in terms of the variables from the particular exercise.

Question 4.135

videogamereg

37. Video Game Sales. The Chapter 1 Case Study looked at video game sales for the top 30 video games. The following table contains the total sales (, in game units) and weeks on the top 30 list of 5 randomly chosen video games.

Video game Total sales
in millions
of units 		Weeks
Super Mario Bros. U for WiiU 1.7 78
NBA 2K14 for PS4 0.6 27
Battlefield 4 for PS3 0.9 29
Titanfall for Xbox One 1.2 10
Yoshi’s New Island for 3DS 0.2 10
Table 4.50: Source: www.vgchartz.com.

4.2.37

(a) (b) The predicted total sales in millions of game units of a video game is 0.02 times the number of weeks on the top 30 list plus 0.45 million game units. (c) For each increase of 1 week on the top 30 list the predicted number of game units of that game sold increases by 0.02 million units. (d) The predicted number of game units for a game that has been on the top 30 list for weeks is 0.45 million units.

Question 4.136

edunemploy

38. Does It Pay to Stay in School? The U.S. Census Bureau reported the following unemployment rates associated with the given years of education .

5.0 16.8
7.5 17.1
8.0 15.3
10.0 20.6
12.0 11.7
14.0 8.1
16.0 3.8

Question 4.137

dartsdjia

39. Darts and the Dow Jones. The following table contains a random sample of eight days from the Chapter 3 Case Study data set, indicating the stock market gain or loss for the portfolio chosen by the random darts , as well as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gain or loss for that day .

Darts DJIA
−27.4 −12.8
18.7 9.3
42.2 8.0
−16.3 −8.5
11.2 15.8
28.5 10.6
1.8 11.5
16.9 −5.3
Table 4.52: Source: The Wall Street Journal.

4.2.39

(a) (b) The predicted gain or loss in one day by the portfolio selected by the darts is 1.41 times the gain or loss of the DJIA plus $4.39. (c) For each increase of $1 in the DJIA the predicted value of the portfolio selected by the darts increases by $1.41. (d) The predicted loss or gain in one day by the portfolio selected by the darts for a day when the gain or loss in the DJIA is is $4.39.

Question 4.138

ageheight

40. Age and Height. The following table provides a random sample from the Chapter 4 Case Study data set body_females, showing the age and height of eight women.

Age Height
40 63.5
28 63.0
25 64.4
34 63.0
26 63.8
21 68.0
19 61.8
24 69.0
Table 4.53: Source: Journal of Statistics Education.

Question 4.139

gardasilreg

41. Gardasil Shots and Age. The accompanying table shows a random sample of 10 patients from the Chapter 5 Case Study data set, Gardasil, including the age of the patient and the number of shots taken by the patient .

Age Shots
13 3
21 3
16 3
17 2
17 3
18 1
25 2
15 3
12 1
16 1
Table 4.54: Source: Journal of Statistics Education.

4.2.41

(a) (b) The predicted number of shots that a person will get is 0.02 times the person's age in years plus 1.93. (c) For each increase of 1 year of age the predicted number of shots that a person will get increases by 0.02. (d) The predicted number of shots that a person who is years old will get is 1.93.

Question 4.140

ncaa2014

42. NCAA Power Ratings. The accompanying table shows the top 10 teams’ winning percentages and power ratings for the 2013–2014 NCAA basketball season, according to www.teamrankings.com.

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Team Winning
proportion 		Power
rating
Florida 0.923 121.2
Wichita State 0.971 119.1
Arizona 0.868 118.8
Louisville 0.838 117.9
Connecticut 0.800 117.2
Virginia 0.811 116.8
Wisconsin 0.789 116.6
Villanova 0.853 116.4
Michigan State 0.763 115.9
Michigan 0.757 115.9

Question 4.141

satfatcorr

43. Saturated Fat and Calories. The table contains the calories and saturated fat in a sample of 10 food items.

Food item Calories Grams of
saturated fat
Chocolate bar (1.45 ounces) 216 7.0
Meat & veggie pizza
(large slice)		 364 5.6
New England clam chowder
(1 cup)		 149 1.9
Baked chicken drumstick
(no skin, medium size)		 75 0.6
Curly fries, deep-fried (4 ounces) 276 3.2
Wheat bagel (large) 375 0.3
Chicken curry (1 cup) 146 1.6
Cake doughnut hole (one) 59 0.5
Rye bread (1 slice) 67 0.2
Raisin bran cereal (1 cup) 195 0.3
Table 4.56: Source: Food-a-Pedia.

4.2.43

(a) (b) The predicted number of grams of saturated fat in a food item is 0.01 times the number of calories in the food item plus 0.33 gram. (c) For each increase of 1 calorie in a food item the predicted number of grams of saturated fat increases by 0.01 gram. (d) The predicted number of grams of saturated fat in a food item with calories is 0.33 gram.

Question 4.142

displacement

44. Engine Displacement and Gas Mileage. The table provides the engine displacement (size, in liters) and the city mpg (miles per gallon) gas mileage of a random sample of 12 vehicles taken from the Chapter 6 Case Study data set, FuelEfficiency.

Vehicle Engine
displacement		 City mpg
GMC Yukon Denali 6.2 13
Ford E350 Wagon 5.4 11
BMW435i Coupe 3.0 20
Land Rover Range Rover 5.0 13
Infiniti Q50a 3.7 19
Dodge Journey 3.6 17
Jaguar XF 5.0 15
Dodge Challenger 6.4 14
Toyota Highlander Hybrid 3.5 28
Mercedes-Benz S550 4.7 17
Ford Fiesta 1.6 29
Hyundai Elantra 2.0 24

Question 4.143

collegecompleters

45. Completing College. The twenty-first century economy not only needs students to attend college; it needs students to complete their college degrees, in order to compete in the information age. The table contains a sample of 10 states, with data on the percentage of residents who have attended college and the percentage of college attendees who have completed their college degrees .

State
California 30.9 38.8
Florida 26.6 35.5
Georgia 30.1 34.1
Illinois 35.7 39.1
Massachusetts 45.2 45.9
New York 38.7 42.8
North Carolina 30.1 35.5
Ohio 28.4 37.1
Pennsylvania 32.5 40.2
Texas 26.2 32.2
Table 4.58: Source: American Community Survey.

4.2.45

(a) (b) The predicted percentage of college students in a state who have completed their college degrees is 0.46 times the percentage of people who have attended college plus 17.26%. (c) For each increase of 1% in the percent of people in a state who have attended college the predicted percentage of college students who have completed their degree increases by 0.64%. (d) The predicted percent of college students who will complete their degree in a state with % of its residents attending college is 17.26%

Question 4.144

walkbike

46. Walking or Biking to Work. The table contains, for a sample of 10 American cities, the percentage of people who walk to work and the percentage of people who bike to work .

City
Anaheim 1.8 0.9
Baltimore 6.5 0.8
Buffalo 6.2 0.9
Cincinnati 5.4 0.5
Detroit 3.1 0.3
Jacksonville 1.4 0.4
Las Vegas 1.9 0.4
New Orleans 5.1 2.1
Orlando 1.9 0.4
Sacramento 3.2 2.5
Table 4.59: Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Question 4.145

teenbirth

47. Teenage Birth Rate.

  1. The National Center for Health Statistics publishes data on state birth rates. The table contains the overall birth rate and the teenage birth rate for eight randomly chosen states. The overall birth rate is defined by the NCHS as “live births per 1000 women,” and the teenage birth rate is defined as “live births per 1000 women aged 15−19.”
State
California 62.0 23.6
Florida 59.3 24.6
Georgia 61.6 30.5
New York 58.8 17.7
Ohio 62.7 27.2
Pennsylvania 58.4 20.9
Texas 69.9 41.0
Virginia 60.9 20.1

4.2.47

(a) (b) The predicted teenage birth rate of a state is 1.83 times the overall birth rate of the state minus 87.2 live births per 1000 women aged 15-19. (c) For each increase of 1 live birth per 1000 women the predicted teenage birth rate increases by 1.83 live births per 1000 women aged 15-19. (d) The predicted teenage birth rate for a state with an overall birth rate of live births per 1000 women is 287.2 live births per 1000 women aged 15-19.

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Question 4.146

brainbody

48. Brain and Body Weight. A study compared the body weight (in kilograms) and brain weight (in grams) for a sample of mammals, with the results shown in the following table.4

52.16 440.0
60.00 81.0
27.66 115.0
85.00 325.0
36.33 119.5
100.00 157.0
35.00 56.0
62.00 132.0
83.00 98.2
55.50 175.0

Question 4.147

consumersentiment

49. Consumer Sentiment. The University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers published the data in the following table, showing the consumer sentiment in 2013 month by month for the two groups.

Month
Jan 71.6 80.2
Feb 75.7 82.4
Mar 78.3 83.7
Apr 74.5 79.8
May 80.3 94.1
Jun 76.1 98.9
Jul 82.4 90.0
Aug 78.0 89.6
Sep 72.3 86.2
Oct 71.4 77.0
Nov 67.9 88.7
Dec 78.9 88.0

4.2.49

(a) (b) The predicted consumer sentiment for incomes $75,000 or higher is 0.641 times the consumer sentiment for incomes under $75,000 plus 38.1. (c) For each increase of 1 in the consumer sentiment for incomes under $75,000 the predicted consumer sentiment for incomes $75,000 or higher increases by 0.641. (d) The predicted consumer sentiment for incomes $75,000 or higher in a month when consumer incomes for under $75,000 is is 38.1.

Question 4.148

satlanguages

50. SAT Scores, by Foreign Language. The table contains the mean 2014 SAT Critical Reading and Math scores, which are categorized by the foreign language taken in high school or spoken at home.

Language SAT Critical
Reading score		 SAT Mathematics
score
Chinese 535 606
French 519 525
German 530 540
Greek 526 543
Hebrew 526 541
Italian 497 509
Japanese 521 552
Korean 490 576
Latin 556 556
Russian 483 535
Spanish 498 508

Question 4.149

batters2014

51. Batting Average and Runs Scored. The table shows the top 10 hitters in the American League of Major League Baseball for 2014. We are interested in estimating the number of runs scored using the player’s batting average .

Batter Team Runs
scored		 Batting
average
Jose Altuve Houston Astros 85 0.341
Victor Martinez Detroit Tigers 87 0.335
Michael Brantley Cleveland Indians 94 0.327
Adrian Beltre Texas Rangers 79 0.324
Jose Abreu Chicago White
Sox		 80 0.317
Robinson Cano Seattle Mariners 77 0.314
Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers 101 0.313
Melky Cabrera Toronto Blue Jays 81 0.301
Adam Eaton Chicago White
Sox		 76 0.300
Howie Kendrick Los Angeles
Angels		 85 0.293

4.2.51

(a) (b) The predicted number of runs scored by a player is 118 times the player's batting average plus 47.2 runs. (c) For each increase of 1 in a player's batting average the predicted number of runs scored increases by 118 runs. (d) The predicted number of runs scored by a player with a batting average of is 47.2.

Question 4.150

52. Video Game Sales. Refer to your work in Exercise 37.

  1. Compute the predicted total sales for a video game that has been on the list for 27 weeks.
  2. Find the predicted total sales for a video game that has been on the list for 10 weeks.
  3. Calculate the prediction error for NBA 2K14. Does NBA 2K14 lie above or below the regression line? How can we tell?
  4. Calculate the prediction errors for Titanfall for Xbox One and Yoshi’s New Island for 3DS. Where do each of these games lie in the scatterplot, with respect to the regression line? Where do these games fall with respect to each other?

Question 4.151

53. Does it Pay to Stay in School? Refer to your work from Exercise 38. For parts (a)−(c), if appropriate, use your regression equation to estimate the unemployment for individuals with the following years of education. If it is not appropriate, clearly state why not.

  1. 10 years
  2. 15 years
  3. 20 years
  4. Calculate the prediction error for your prediction in part (a). Does this data point lie above or below the regression line, and what does that mean?

4.2.53

(a) 13.79 (b) 7.59 (c) 20 years is outside of the range of the data set. (d) The result in part (a) is the predicted unemployment rate for individuals with 10 years of education while 20.6 is the actual unemployment rate for individuals with 10 years of education. 6.81, above the regression line. The observed unemployment rate of 20.6 is greater than the predicted unemployment rate of 13.79 for 10 years of education.

Question 4.152

54. Darts and the Dow Jones. Refer to your work from Exercise 39. For parts (a)−(c), if appropriate, use your regression equation to estimate the Darts stock returns based on the following values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. If it is not appropriate, clearly state why not.

  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. −10
  4. Calculate the prediction error for your prediction in part (a). Does this data point lie above or below the regression line, and what does that mean?

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Question 4.153

55. Age and Height. Refer to your work from Exercise 40.

  1. Estimate the height of a 40-year-old person.
  2. Does the interpretation of the intercept from Exercise 40 make sense? Explain.
  3. Is it OK, or is it misleading to use the regression equation to predict the height of a 50-year-old person? Explain.
  4. What is the distinction between your result from part (a) and the height of the first person in the data set?
  5. Calculate and interpret the prediction error for your prediction in part (a).

4.2.55

(a) (b) No. A newborn baby will not be 67.58 inches tall. (c) It is misleading to use the regression equation to predict the height of a 50-year-old person. An age of years old is outside the range of the given -values which is from 19 to 40 years old. (d) The height in (a) is the predicted height of a 40-year-old while the first height in the table is the actual height of a 40-year-old. (e) 0.32 inch. The actual height of the 40-year-old of  63.5 inches is greater than the predicted height of .

Question 4.154

56. Brain and Body Weight. Refer to your work from Exercise 48.

  1. Estimate the brain weight for a mammal with a body weight of 100 kilograms.
  2. Is the interpretation of the intercept from Exercise 48 useful? Explain.
  3. Is it OK, or is it misleading to use the regression equation to predict the brain weight for a mammal with body weight of 10 kg? Explain.
  4. Explain the distinction between your result from part (a) and the actual brain weight of 157 grams for the mammal from the data table.
  5. Calculate and interpret the prediction error for your prediction in part (a).

Question 4.155

image 57. Consider again your work on the engine displacement and gas mileage data set in Exercise 44. What if there was a typo, and all of the engine displacements in the data set needed to be adjusted downward by the same amount? Explain how this change would affect the following, and why. Increase, decrease, or no change?

  3. intercept
  4. Slope
  5. Correlation coefficient

4.2.57

(a) Decrease. Since all of the -values are decreased will also decrease. Therefore, will decrease. (b) No change. The -values aren't changed. (c) Increase if , no change if , and decrease if . Since and stay the same and decreases, will increase if , no change if , and decrease if . (d) No change. Since , and all stay the same, stays the same. (e) No change. The correlation coefficient is where and . Since the -values aren t changed, and aren't changed. Since and are decreased by the same amount, and aren't changed. Since the number of data values hasn't changed,hasn't changed. Therefore does not change.

Question 4.156

58. Computational Formula for the Slope. The following computational formula is equivalent to the definition formula for the slope :

Use the computational formula to calculate the slope for the relationship between square footage and sales price of the eight home lots for sale in Glen Ellyn from Example 2 (page 189). Then find the y intercept and the regression equation.

WORKING WITH LARGE DATA SETS

DC Households. Use the following information for Exercises 59–61. The data set Households, located on the text Web site, contains information on the number and type of households in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. For each state, there are seven variables. Two of these variables are the percentage of households headed by women and the total number of households in the state . Minitab provides the following regression equation:

image

Note: Minitab shows its regression equations as instead of . Also, the notation 2.82E-07 refers to the scientific notation method of writing numbers. Often, software and calculators will present you with this type of notation, so you need to know how to read it. The number 2.82E-07 represents 2.82 times , or 0.000000282.

Question 4.157

households

59. In this exercise, we explore the regression coefficients and the regression equation.

  1. Find and interpret the meaning of the value for the intercept. Does it make sense?
  2. Would the estimate in (a) be considered extrapolation? Why or why not?
  3. Find and interpret the meaning of the slope coefficient as the total number of households in the state increases.
  4. Write the regression equation. Now state in words what the regression equation means.
  5. Is the correlation coefficient positive or negative? How do you know?

4.2.59

(a) 10.5. In a state with 0 households, 10.5% of the households are headed by women. Since all states have households, the value would not occur. (b) This estimate would be considered extrapolation since the value of is outside the range of -values in the data set. (c) 0.000000282. For each increase of one household, the percentage of households headed by women increases by 0.000000282. (d) (Percentage of households headed by women) = 10.5 + 0.000000282 (Total number of households). The estimated percentage of households headed by women equals 10.5 plus 0.000000282 times the total number of households. (e) Positive since the slope is positive.

Question 4.158

households

60. Estimate the increase or decrease in the percentage of households headed by women, using a sentence, for the following situations:

  1. Suppose State A has 1 million more households than State B.
  2. Suppose State C has 5 million fewer households than State D.

Question 4.159

households

61. The number of households per state ranges from about 170,000 to about 10 million.

  1. Estimate the percentage of households headed by women for a state with 7 million households, if appropriate.
  2. Estimate the percentage of households headed by women for a state with 100,000 households, if appropriate.

4.2.61

(a) 12.474% (b) is not in the range of the -values in the data set.

Invalid Application of Linear Regression. Use the information in the following scatterplot for Exercises 62–64. Scrabble (hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/) is one of the most popular games in the world. We are interested in approximating the relationship between the frequency of the letter tiles in the game and their point value . The scatterplot shows the point value versus the letter frequency, along with the regression line, as plotted by Minitab.

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image
Scatterplot of Scrabble point value versus letter frequency, with regression line.

Question 4.160

62. Does the relationship between frequency and points seem to be positive or negative?

Question 4.161

63. Does the relationship between frequency and points seem to be a straight-line relationship or a curved relationship?

4.2.63

Curved

Question 4.162

64. Do you think that we should use a regression line to approximate the relationship between frequency and points? If not, explain clearly what you think is wrong.

Chapter 3 Case Study (Continued). Use the following information for Exercises 65–68. Shown here is the regression equation for the linear relationship between the randomly selected Darts portfolio and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), from the Chapter 3 Case Study. (Note: This is for the entire data set, not the small sample taken in the Exercise 39 data set.)

image

Question 4.163

65. In this exercise, we examine the intercept.

  1. Which variable is the variable and which is the variable? Work by analogy with the previous exercises.
  2. What is the value of the intercept?
  3. Interpret the meaning of this value for the intercept. Does it make sense?
  4. Would the estimate in (c) be considered extrapolation? Why or why not?

4.2.65

(a) Darts is the y variable and DJIA is the variable. (b) −2.49 (c) When the Dow Jones Industrial Average changes 0%, the portfolios chosen by the Darts decreases by 2.49%. Since the Dow Jones Industrial Average is based on a different set of stocks than the stock portfolio selected by the Darts, this situation makes sense. (d) The estimate in (c) would not be considered extrapolation since a value of lies within the range of the x-values of the data set.

Question 4.164

66. In this exercise, we look at the slope and the regression equation.

  1. Find and interpret the meaning of the value of the slope coefficient, as the DJIA increases.
  2. Write the regression equation. Now state in words what the regression equation means.
  3. Is the correlation coefficient positive or negative? How do we know?

Question 4.165

67. Estimate the increase or decrease in the net price of the Darts portfolio, using a sentence, for the following situations:

  1. Suppose that for Contest A the DJIA increased by 10% more than for Contest B.
  2. Suppose that for Contest C the DJIA decreased by 5% more than for Contest D.

4.2.67

(a) The percent change in the stocks selected by the Darts for Contest A is 1.032 (10) = 10.32% more than the percent change in the stocks selected by the Darts for Contest B. (b) The percent change in the stocks selected by the Darts for Contest C is 1.032 (5) = 5.16% less than the percent change in the stocks selected by the Darts for Contest D.

Question 4.166

68. The net change in the DJIA ranged from −13.1% to 22.5%.

  1. Estimate the net price change for the Darts portfolio when the DJIA is up by 22%, if appropriate.
  2. Estimate the net price change for the Darts portfolio when the DJIA is down by 10%, if appropriate.
  3. Estimate the net price change for the Darts portfolio when the DJIA is down by 22%, if appropriate.

Cell Phone Use for Internet Access, Worldwide. Would you expect that residents of richer countries tend to use their cell phones to browse the Internet more often than residents of poorer countries? The Pew Global Attitudes Project conducted a study5 of cell phone usage in countries around the world. The table shows x = the per capita gross domestic product (GDP, a measure of the wealth of the country), and y = the percentage of cell phone owners who use their cell phones to browse the Internet for a random sample of 10 countries. Use this information for Exercises 69–75.

Nation
USA 48,147 43
Britain 35,974 38
France 35,048 28
Russia 16,687 27
Poland 20,136 30
Israel 31,004 47
China 8,394 37
Japan 34,362 47
India 3,703 10
Mexico 15,121 18

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69. Construct and interpret a scatterplot of the data in the table.

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Per capita GDP ($) and percentage who use their cell phones to browse the Internet have a positive linear relationship.

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70. Based on your interpretation in Exercise 69, would the value for the correlation coefficient be positive or negative?

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71. Calculate the correlation coefficient .

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72. Find the slope and intercept of the regression line. Write the regression equation in a sentence.

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73. Interpret the values of the slope and the intercept. Determine whether the interpretation of the intercept represents extrapolation in this case.

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For each increase of $1 in the country's per capita GDP the estimated percentage of cell phone users who use their cell phones to browse the Internet increases by 0.000604 percent.

The estimated percentage of cell phone users who use their cell phones to browse the Internet for a country with a per capita GDP of is 17.50%. This represents extrapolation.

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74. Calculate the estimated percentage using their cell phones to browse the Internet for a nation with a per capita GDP of $48,147.

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75. Identify the country with a per capita GDP of $48,147. Calculate and interpret the prediction error for this country.

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USA. −3.58. The actual percentage of cell phone users who use their cell phones to browse the Internet for the USA of 43% lies below the estimated percentage of cell phone users who use their cell phones to browse the Internet for the USA of 46.58%.

Unidentified Flying Objects. Have you or any of your friends sighted any unidentified flying objects (UFOs)? Americans in each of the 50 states have reported seeing UFOs. Figure 30 represents a scatterplot of the number of UFO sightings versus state population, for each of the 50 states. Each dot represents a state. The straight line is a regression line, which approximates the relationship between UFO sightings and state population. As the state population increases, the number of UFO sightings also tends to increase, which is not surprising.

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Figure 4.30: FIGURE 30 A scatterplot of the number of UFO sightings versus state population, showing that UFOs don’t mess with Texas.

What may be surprising is that the UFOs seem to be attracted to certain states, yet avoid others. States considerably above the regression line have a larger than expected number of UFO sightings for their population size, whereas states below the line have a smaller than expected number of UFO sightings for their population size. So, there are more sightings than expected in California, Wisconsin, and Utah, given their population size, and fewer than expected in Texas. Why this might occur is open to discussion. Perhaps people in California are more likely to attribute unusual sightings to UFOs than most Americans; perhaps people in Texas are more pragmatic than most Americans. But if the sightings are valid (a big if!), it sure looks like the UFOs don’t want to mess with Texas. Refer to Figure 30 for Exercises 76–79.

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76. Provide a rough estimate of the following for the state of California.

  1. State population
  2. UFO sightings

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77. Provide a rough estimate of the following for the state of Texas.

  1. State population
  2. UFO sightings

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(a) 23,000,000 (b) 900

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78. For the state of California, what is the estimated number of UFO sightings? (Hint: It’s at the point on the line directly below the dot for California.)

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79. For the state of Texas, what is the estimated number of UFO sightings?

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3500

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

Fuel Economy. Refer to the following table of fuel economy data for a sample of 10 vehicles for Exercises 80–84. The predictor variable is , expressed in liters; the response variable is , expressed in miles per gallon (mpg).

Vehicle
Mini Cooper 1.6 31
Ford Focus 2.0 28
Toyota Camry 2.5 26
Honda Accord 2.4 26
Subaru Forester 2.5 23
Toyota Highlander 2.7 22
Ford Taurus 3.5 20
Chevrolet Equinox 3.0 19
Dodge Nitro 4.0 17
Cadillac limousine 4.6 14

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80. Exploring the Data.

  1. Look at the data table. As the engine size values increase, what seems to be happening to the combined mpg?
  2. Construct a scatterplot of the data.
  3. Interpret the scatterplot. Is your insight from part (a) supported?

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81. What Results Do You Expect? Based on your scatterplot in Exercise 80, answer the following:

  1. Will the correlation coefficient be positive or negative?
  2. Do you expect that the correlation will be closer to −0.9 or −0.5? Why?
  3. Do you think that the slope will be positive or negative? Why?

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(a) Negative; (b) 20.9; the dots lie in a pattern that is close to a straight line (c) Negative; the dots lie in a pattern that is close to a straight line with a negative slope.

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82. Correlation. Do the following:

  1. Calculate the correlation coefficient . Does this concur with your predictions from Exercises 81(a) and 81(b)?
  2. Interpret the correlation between engine size and combined mpg.

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83. Regression. Answer the following:

  1. Calculate the slope of the regression equation. Does the sign of agree with your prediction from Exercise 81(c)?
  2. Calculate the intercept .
  3. Interpret the values you calculated in parts (a) and (b), so that a nonstatistician would understand them.

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(a) ; yes (b) = 38.41 (c) The slope of means that the combined mpg will decrease by 5.49 mpg for each 1-liter increase in engine size. The intercept of is the predicted combined mpg for an engine size of 0 liters.

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84. Making Predictions. Answer the following:

  1. Note that the Chevrolet Equinox has an engine size of 3 liters. Predict the combined mpg for a vehicle with an engine size of 3 liters.
  2. Is your prediction error positive or negative? Thus, does the data value lie above or below the regression line? What does this mean?

CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN DATA SETS

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85. Describe two variables from real life whose regression line would have a positive slope .

  1. Explain why the variable depends on the variable.
  2. Explain why the slope is positive.

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Answers will vary.

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86. Create a sample of five observations from each of your variables from Exercise 85, and put them into a table similar to Table 1 in Section 4.1.

  1. Construct a scatterplot of the variables.
  2. Draw a single straight line through the data points in the plot in a manner that you think best approximates the relationship between the variables.
  3. Using your regression line from (b), estimate the slope and the intercept .
  4. Write your results from (c) in the form of a regression equation.

Use the Correlation and Regression applet for Exercises 87 and 88.

Question 4.185

87. Create a set of points, such that the slope of the regression line has the following characteristics. Note that you can drag points up or down to adjust your regression line.

  1. The slope is positive.
  2. The slope is negative.
  3. The slope is neither positive nor negative.

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Answers will vary.

Question 4.186

88. Describe the relationship between the variables for each of the sets of points in the previous exercise.

WORKING WITH LARGE DATA SETS

image Chapter 4 Case Study: Measuring the Human Body. Open the data sets body_females and body_males. We will apply what we have learned in this section regarding regression analysis to some of the measurements in these data sets. Use technology for the Exercises 89–103.

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89. Perform a regression of weight on height for the females.

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90. Interpret the slope and intercept values of the regression in the previous exercise.

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91. Use the regression equation from Exercise 89 to estimate the weight of a female who is 63.5 inches tall.

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92. Find the prediction error for the first woman in the data set, with height 63.5 inches and weight 113.8 pounds.

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93. Estimate the weight for females with the following heights. If the estimate represents extrapolation, indicate so.

  1. 65 inches
  2. 70 inches

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94. Perform a regression of weight on height for the men.

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95. Interpret the slope and intercept values of the regression in the previous exercise.

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96. Use the regression equation from Exercise 94 to estimate the weight of a man who is 68.5 inches tall.

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97. Find the prediction error for the first male in the data set, with height 68.5 inches and weight 144.6 pounds.

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98. Estimate the weight for males with the following heights. If the estimate represents extrapolation, indicate so.

  1. 60 inches
  2. 65 inches

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99. Perform a regression of hip girth on waist girth for the women. State the regression equation in words. Note that both variables are expressed in centimeters (cm).

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100. Interpret the slope and intercept values of the regression of hip girth on waist girth for the women.

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101. Perform a regression of hip girth on waist girth, this time for the men. State the regression equation in words. Note that both variables are expressed in cm.

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102. Interpret the slope and intercept values of the regression of hip girth on waist girth for the males.

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103. Compare the similarities and differences in the regression coefficients between the women and men for the regression of hip girth on waist girth.