STATISTICS HOMEWORK

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stat200_q6.doc

Two Questions

1. The following table shows the # of ice cream bars sold by

a vendor as explained by the outside high temperature

High Temperature for the day in degress F

59

68

79

86

97

# of bars of ice cream sold

11

32

73

76

151

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b) Write the equation of the line of best fit (the least square regression line)

c) Use the line of best fit to predict the # of cups sold

on a day with a high temperature of 70 degrees F.

d) What is the value of the correlation coefficient between the two variables.

e) What percentage of variation in the # of cups sold is explained by the line of best fit?

f) Is the correlation significant at 5% level of significance?

2. Submit the answer of the question #10 on the page 595 of the text book.

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