Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as p…
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Chapter 14.2, Problem 14E

Distance and Absenteeism. A large city hospital conducted a study to investigate the relationship between the number of unauthorized days that employees are absent per year and the distance (miles) between home and work for the employees. A sample of 10 employees was selected and the following data were collected.

Chapter 14.2, Problem 14E, Distance and Absenteeism. A large city hospital conducted a study to investigate the relationship

  1. a. Develop a scatter diagram for these data. Does a linear relationship appear reasonable? Explain.
  2. b. Develop the least squares estimated regression equation that relates the distance to work to the number of days absent.
  3. c. Predict the number of days absent for an employee who lives 5 miles from the hospital.
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