The profit made by Cummings International is heavily dependent
on the amount of money spent on advertising.
For five consecutive years, from 2008 – 2012, the profit and the
amount spent in advertising (in millions of
dollars) is shown in the table below.
Year Money spent on advertising Profit
2008 2 12
2009 5 20
2010 7 25
2011 11 26
2012 15 40
5.1. Draw a scatter diagram depicting the data.
(6)
5.2. Calculate the Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
(10)
5.3. Determine the linear regression equation.
(4)
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