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Ch. 10 - Correlation and Regression
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10장, 문제 10.1.1c

Notation The author conducted an experiment in which the height of each student was measured in centimeters and those heights were matched with the same students’ scores on the first statistics test.
c. Does r change if the heights are converted from centimeters to inches?

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Understand that 'r' refers to the correlation coefficient, which measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.
Recall that the correlation coefficient 'r' is a dimensionless quantity, meaning it does not depend on the units of measurement of the variables involved.
Recognize that converting the heights from centimeters to inches is a linear transformation, which involves multiplying each height by a constant factor (1 inch = 2.54 cm).
Note that linear transformations of the form y = ax + b, where a and b are constants, do not affect the correlation coefficient 'r'.
Conclude that since the conversion from centimeters to inches is a linear transformation, the value of 'r' remains unchanged.

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Correlation Coefficient (r)

The correlation coefficient, denoted as 'r', measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. It ranges from -1 to 1, where values close to 1 or -1 indicate strong relationships, and values near 0 suggest weak or no linear relationship. It is unaffected by changes in the units of measurement of the variables.
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Unit Conversion

Unit conversion involves changing the measurement units of a variable, such as converting heights from centimeters to inches. While this alters the numerical values of the data, it does not affect the relative positions or the relationship between the variables, meaning the correlation coefficient remains unchanged.
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Scale Invariance

Scale invariance refers to the property of a statistical measure that remains unchanged when the scale of measurement is altered. The correlation coefficient is scale invariant, meaning that converting units of measurement, such as from centimeters to inches, does not affect the value of 'r', as it depends only on the relative positions of the data points.
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Notation Using the weights (lb) and highway fuel consumption amounts (mi/gal) of the 48 cars listed in Data Set 35 “Car Data” of Appendix B, we get this regression equation:

y^ = 58.9 - 0.00749x, where x represents weight.

c. What is the predictor variable?

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Clusters Refer to the Minitab-generated scatterplot. The four points in the lower left corner are measurements from women, and the four points in the upper right corner are from men.

Find the value of the linear correlation coefficient using all eight points. What does that value suggest about the relationship between x and y?

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Least-Squares Property According to the least-squares property, the regression line minimizes the sum of the squares of the residuals. Refer to the jackpot/tickets data in Table 10-1 and use the regression equation y^ = -10.9 + 0.174x that was found in Examples 1 and 2 of this section.

b. Find the sum of the squares of the residuals.

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Sum of Squares Criterion In addition to the value of another measurement used to assess the quality of a model is the sum of squares of the residuals. Recall from Section 10-2 that a residual is (the difference between an observed y value and the value predicted from the model). Better models have smaller sums of squares. Refer to the U.S. population data in Table 10-7.

c. Verify that according to the sum of squares criterion, the quadratic model is better than the linear model.

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Outlier Refer to the accompanying Minitab-generated scatterplot.

b. After identifying the 10 pairs of coordinates corresponding to the 10 points, find the value of the correlation coefficient r and determine whether there is a linear correlation.

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Notation The author conducted an experiment in which the height of each student was measured in centimeters and those heights were matched with the same students’ scores on the first statistics test.

b. Without doing any research or calculations, estimate the value of r.

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