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Presidents and first ladies: The presents the ages of the last 10 U.S. presidents and their wives on the first day of their presidencies.
- Compute the least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from the first lady’s age.
- Compute the coefficient of determination-
- Construct a
scatterplot of the presidents' ages (y) versus the first ladies' ages (x). - Which point is an outlier?
- Remove die outlier and compute the least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from the first lady: s age.
- Is the outlier influential? Explain.
- Compute the coefficient of determination for the data set with the outlier removed. Is due proportion of variation explained by due least-squares regression he greater, less. or about the same without due outlier? Explain.
a.

To Calculate: The least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from lady’s age.
Answer to Problem 24E
The least-squares regression line is,
ˆy=14+0.8426x
Explanation of Solution
Given: The following table presents the age of the president’s and their wives on the first day of their presidencies.
Name | Her Age | His Age |
Donald and Melania Trump | 46 | 70 |
Barak and Mechelle Obama | 45 | 47 |
George W. and Laura Bush | 54 | 54 |
Bill and Hillary Clinton | 45 | 46 |
George and Babara Bush | 55 | 64 |
Ronald and Nancy Reagan | 59 | 69 |
Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter | 49 | 52 |
Gerald and Betty Ford | 56 | 61 |
Richard and Pat Nixon | 56 | 56 |
Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson | 50 | 55 |
Calculation:
Here,
y = president’s age
x = lady’s age
From below formula we can find least regression line.
ˆy=b0+b1x
where b0 and b1 are constants.
We can find these constants from below formulas.
b1=rsysxb0=ˉy−b1ˉxr=1n−1∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)
Where,
n is the number of observations
ˉx is the average of x
ˉy is the average of y
sx is the standard deviation of x
sy is the standard deviation of y
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 10 | 57.40 | 8.409 |
Her age | 10 | 51.50 | 5.148 |
Valid N (listwise) | 10 |
n=10 number of observations
ˉx=51.5 average of lady’s age (x)
ˉy=57.4 average of president’s age (y)
sx=5.148 standard deviation of x
sy=8.409 standard deviation of y
r=0.5159 correlation between x and y
To find constants,
b1=rsysxb1=0.5159×8.4095.148 =0.8426
And,
b0=ˉy−b1ˉx =57.4−(0.8426×51.5) b0=14.0061b0≈14
By substituting above formula,
y=b0+b1xy=14+0.8426x
Conclusion:
The least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from lady’s age is,
y=14+0.8426x
b.

To find: The correlation coefficient of the two variables.
Answer to Problem 24E
The correlation coefficient is found to be,
r=0.5159
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The correlation coefficient (r) is given by the formula,
r=1n−1∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)
Where sx and sy is the standard deviation of x and y .
The means and the standard deviations of the both variables can be obtained by using the Excel.
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 10 | 57.40 | 8.409 |
Her age | 10 | 51.50 | 5.148 |
Valid N (listwise) | 10 |
Then,
ˉx=51.5sx=5.148ˉy=57.4sy=8.409
Then, a table should be constructed to calculate r as follows.
Her AgexHis Ageyx−ˉxsxy−ˉysy(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)4670−1.06841.4984−1.60094547−1.2626−1.23681.561654540.4856−0.4043−0.19634546−1.2626−1.35571.711755640.67990.78490.533759691.45691.37952.00984952−0.4856−0.64220.311956610.87410.42810.374256560.8741−0.1665−0.14555055−0.2914−0.28540.0832∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)=4.6434
The correlation coefficient can be calculated as,
r=110−1×4.6434=4.64349r=0.5159
Conclusion:
The correlation coefficient between the interest rates for two mortgage plans is found tobe,
r=0.5159
c.

To graph: The scatter plot of the given two quantitative variables.
Explanation of Solution
Graph:
Let x be the lady’s age and y be the president’s age. The scatter plot can be constructed by the ordered pairs using the Excel.
Interpretation:
Out of all these 10 ordered pairs, there is a weak positive relationship between president’s age and lady’s age.
d.

To Identify: The outliers within the given data.
Answer to Problem 24E
There is one outlier which is age 70
Explanation of Solution
Explain:
Here, Excel is used to calculate below statistics.
Q1 is the middle value in the first half of the rank-ordered data set.
Q2 is the median value in the set.
Q3 is the middle value in the second half of the rank-ordered data set.
The interquartile range is equal to Q3 minus Q1 .
To calculate upper bound,
Q3+(IQR×1.5)=Q3+((Q3−Q1)×1.5)=56.75+(56.75−48.5)×1.5=56.75+8.25×1.5=56.75+12.375Q3+(IQR×1.5)=69.125
To calculate lower bound,
Q1−(IQR×1.5)=Q1−((Q3−Q1)×1.5)=48.5−(56.75−48.5)×1.5=48.5−8.25×1.5=48.5−12.375Q1−(IQR×1.5)=36.125
An outlier is a data point that lies outside the upper bound and lower bound.
Q1Q3IQRLower BoundUpperBound48.556.758.2536.12569.125
Out of all 10 ordered pairs, only one value can be identified as an outlier, where the age is not between the lower bound and upper bound.
70>69.125
e.

To find: The least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from lady’s age with removing outlier.
Answer to Problem 24E
The least-squares regression is,
y=−14.7+1.3567x
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
Here,
y = president’s age
x = lady’s age
From below formula we can find least regression line.
ˆy=b0+b1x
where b0 and b1 are constants.
We can find constants from below formulas.
b1=rsysxb0=ˉy−b1ˉxr=1n−1∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)
Where,
n is the number of observationsˉx is the average of x
ˉy is the average of y
sx is the standard deviation of x
sy is the standard deviation of y
When the outlier is removed, the number of ordered pairs is 9 .
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 9 | 56.00 | 7.583 |
Her age | 9 | 52.11 | 5.061 |
Valid N (listwise) | 9 |
n=9 ; number of observations.
ˉx=52.11 ; average of lady’s age (x)
ˉy=56 ; average of president’s age (y)
sx=5.061 ; standard deviation of x
sy=7.583 ; standard deviation of y
r=0.9055 ; correlation between x and y
To find constants,
b1=rsysxb1=(0.9055)7.5835.061 =1.3567
And,
b0=ˉy−b1ˉx =56−(1.3567)×52.11 =−14.6976 =−14.7
By substituting into the above formula,
y=b0+b1xy=−14.7+1.3567x
Conclusion:
The least-squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from lady’s age is,
y=−14.7+1.3567x
f.

To Check: The influence of outlier.
Answer to Problem 24E
Yes. It is influenced.
Explanation of Solution
Explain:
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 10 | 57.40 | 8.409 |
Her age | 10 | 51.50 | 5.148 |
Valid N (listwise) | 10 | ||
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 9 | 56.00 | 7.583 |
Her age | 9 | 52.11 | 5.061 |
Valid N (listwise) | 9 |
To calculate above statistics, Excel is used. Here we can see statistics with outlier and without outlier. Second table shows statistics without outlier. Total number of observations, mean and standard deviation of dependent and independent variables are changed. So, it influences to least squares regression line for predicting the president’s age from lady’s age.
g.

To find: The correlation coefficient of the two variables without outlier.
Answer to Problem 24E
The correlation coefficient is found to be,
r=0.9055
Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The correlation coefficient (r) is given by the formula,
r=1n−1∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)
Where sx and sy is the standard deviation of x and y .
The means and the standard deviations of the both variables can be obtained by using the Excel.
For the remaining 9 pairs without the outlier,
Descriptive Statistics | |||
N | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
His age | 9 | 56.00 | 7.583 |
Her age | 9 | 52.11 | 5.061 |
Valid N (listwise) | 9 |
Then,
ˉx=52.11sx=5.061ˉy=56sy=7.583
Then, a table should be constructed to calculate r as follows.
xyx−ˉxsxy−ˉysy(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)4547−1.4051−1.18691.667754540.3732−0.2637−0.09844546−1.4051−1.31871.852955640.57081.05500.602259691.36121.71442.33364952−0.6147−0.52750.324356610.76840.65940.506756560.7684005055−0.4171−0.13190.0550∑(x−ˉxsx)(y−ˉysy)=7.2438
The correlation coefficient can be calculated as,
r=19−1×7.2438=7.24388r=0.9055
Conclusion:
The correlation coefficient between the interest rates for two mortgage plans is found to be,
r=0.9055
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