Question

You are the foreman of the Bar-S cattle ranch in Colorado. A neighboring ranch has calves for sale, and you are going to buy some calves to add to the Bar-S herd. How much should a healthy calf weigh? Let x be the age of the calf (in weeks), and let y be the weight of the calf (in kilograms).

x 1 5 11 16 26 36

y 39 47 73 100 150 200

Complete parts (a) through (e), given Σx = 95, Σy = 609, Σx2 = 2375, Σy2 = 81,559, Σx y = 13,777, and r ≈ 0.997. (a) Make a scatter diagram of the data. (Select the correct graph.) A scatter diagram with 6 points is graphed on the x y coordinate plane. The points are located at (3, 39), (7, 47), (13, 73), (18, 100), (28, 150), (38, 200). When considering the data points as a whole, the points are loosely gathered into a mass that is lower on the left and higher on the right. A scatter diagram with 6 points is graphed on the x y coordinate plane. The points are located at (1, 29), (5, 37), (11, 63), (16, 90), (26, 140), (36, 190). When considering the data points as a whole, the points are loosely gathered into a mass that is lower on the left and higher on the right. A scatter diagram with 6 points is graphed on the x y coordinate plane. The points are located at (1, 39), (5, 47), (11, 73), (16, 100), (26, 150), (36, 200). When considering the data points as a whole, the points are loosely gathered into a mass that is lower on the left and higher on the right. A scatter diagram with 6 points is graphed on the x y coordinate plane. The points are located at (3, 29), (7, 37), (13, 63), (18, 90), (28, 140), (38, 190). When considering the data points as a whole, the points are loosely gathered into a mass that is lower on the left and higher on the right. Correct: Your answer is correct. (b) Verify the given sums Σx, Σy, Σx2, Σy2, Σx y, and the value of the sample correlation coefficient r. (For each answer, enter a number. Round your value for r to three decimal places.) Σx = Σy = Σx2 = Σy2 = Σx y = r = (c) Find x bar, and y bar. Then find the equation of the least-squares line y hat = a + b x. (For each answer, enter a number. Round your answers for x bar and y bar to two decimal places. Round your answers for a and b to three decimal places.) x bar = x bar = y bar = y bar = y hat = value of a coefficient + value of b coefficient x

Answer 1

b)

Σx = 95,

Σy = 609,

Σx2 = 2375,

Σy2 = 81,559,

Σx y = 13,777, and

r ≈ 0.997

c) x bar = 15.83

ybar=101.50

yhat=26.327+4.748x

coefficient of determination r² =0.994

explained % =99.4%

unexplained % =00.6%