Using Excel construct a scatter plot. Discuss the output of the scatter plot.  Give (or calculate) the correlation coefficient. Give (or calculate) the coefficient of determination.

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Consider the following data:

A women’s clothing department wants to find out if there is a relationship (and what kind of relationship) between the price of an item and the time that it takes to a customer to decide in buying that item.

Item Price (x)

Decision Time (in minutes) (Y)

$30

12

$20

8

$300

37

$80

20

$78

15

$25

10

$17

9

$63

14

$150

20

$250

30

$10

4

$8

5

$180

27

$260

28

NOTE: For the following questions you can use excel analysis or a calculator, it is your choice.   The scatter plot might give you most of the necessary information.

 

  1. Using Excel construct a scatter plot. Discuss the output of the scatter plot. 
  2. Give (or calculate) the correlation coefficient.
  3. Give (or calculate) the coefficient of determination.
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