The following table gives the heights and corresponding batting averages for a sample of 12 professional baseball players.
Height (In inches) |
70 |
73 |
73 |
71 |
68 |
76 |
71 |
75 |
73 |
73 |
75 |
73 |
Batting Average |
.248 |
.273 |
.245 |
.202 |
.304 |
.349 |
.226 |
.250 |
.233 |
.273 |
.237 |
.229 |
A. Calculate the correlation coefficient.
B. Is the correlation coefficient statistically significant at the .05 level? At the .01 level?
C. Should a regression line be used to model the data and make predictions? Why or why not?
Explain steps please.
a) From the given data
S.NO. | Height | Batting | X^2 | Y^2 | XY |
1 | 70 | 0.248 | 4900 | 0.061504 | 17.36 |
2 | 73 | 0.273 | 5329 | 0.074529 | 19.929 |
3 | 73 | 0.245 | 5329 | 0.060025 | 17.885 |
4 | 71 | 0.202 | 5041 | 0.040804 | 14.342 |
5 | 68 | 0.304 | 4624 | 0.092416 | 20.672 |
6 | 76 | 0.349 | 5776 | 0.121801 | 26.524 |
7 | 71 | 0.226 | 5041 | 0.051076 | 16.046 |
8 | 75 | 0.25 | 5625 | 0.0625 | 18.75 |
9 | 73 | 0.233 | 5329 | 0.054289 | 17.009 |
10 | 73 | 0.273 | 5329 | 0.074529 | 19.929 |
11 | 75 | 0.237 | 5625 | 0.056169 | 17.775 |
12 | 73 | 0.229 | 5329 | 0.052441 | 16.717 |
Total: | 871 | 3.069 | 63277 | 0.80 | 222.938 |
b)
c)
The regression line is not suitble for the given data since the population correlation coefficient is zero
ie. X and Y are independent
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