The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition
The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781429245593
Author: Starnes, Daren S., Yates, Daniel S., Moore, David S.
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 21E

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To determine

To explain: the value r = 0.87.

(a)

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The correlation of 0.87 confirms what we see in the scatterplot.

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  The Practice of Statistics for AP - 4th Edition, Chapter 3.1, Problem 21E

The correlation of 0.87 confirms what we see in that scatterplot; there is a moderately strong, positive linear relationship between calories and salt content (measured as milligrams of sodium) in 17 brands of meat hot dogs.

(b)

To determine

To find: the effect of removing the hot dog brand.

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Answer to Problem 21E

It would increase the correlation.

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Removing the outlier with the lowest calorie content would increase the correlation since the remaining 16 points are more tightly clustered in a linear pattern.

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