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ISBN: 9781285463186

Author: Jessica M. Utts, Robert F. Heckard

Publisher: Brooks Cole

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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.

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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.

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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 3, Problem 3.9E

The data in the following table are the geographic latitudes and the average August and January temperatures (Fahrenheit) for 20 cities in the United States. The cities are listed in geographic order from south to north. (These data are part of the temperature dataset on the companion website.)

Chapter 3, Problem 3.9E, The data in the following table are the geographic latitudes and the average August and January

Draw a scatterplot of = August temperature versus x = latitude
Is the pattern linear or curvilinear? What is the direction of the association?
Are there any cities that appear to be outliers because they don’t fit the pattern of the rest of the data? If so, which city or cities are they?

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