QNT 351 Week 4 Connect Problem Set

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QNT 351 Week 4 Connect Problem Set
QNT 351 Week 4 Connect Problem Set
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Year: 2016
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1.

 

The production department of Celltronics International wants to explore the relationship between the number of employees who assemble a subassembly and the number produced. As an experiment, 2 employees were assigned to assemble the subassemblies. They produced 6 during a one-hour period. Then 4 employees assembled them. They produced 10 during a one-hour period. The complete set of paired observations follows.

 

Number of

Assemblers

One-Hour

Production (units)

26
410
14
518
312

 

The dependent variable is production; that is, it is assumed that different levels of production result from a different number of employees.

 

b.A scatter diagram is provided below. Based on it, does there appear to be any relationship between the number of assemblers and production?

 

, as the number of assemblers

, so does the production.

 

c.Compute the correlation coefficient. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round sx, sy and r to 3 decimal places.)

 

XY( )2( )2( )( )
26-416
410110
14-636
5182416
312200

 

==sx=

 

sy=r=

 

 

 

 

2.

value:

1.00 points

 

The following sample observations were randomly selected. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

X:453610
Y:9.810.6916.419.6

 

a. The regression equation is   = + X
b. When X is 7 this gives =

 

 

 

 

3.

value:

10.00 points

 

Bi-lo Appliance Super-Store has outlets in several large metropolitan areas in New England. The general sales manager aired a commercial for a digital camera on selected local TV stations prior to a sale starting on Saturday and ending Sunday. She obtained the information for Saturday–Sunday digital camera sales at the various outlets and paired it with the number of times the advertisement was shown on the local TV stations. The purpose is to find whether there is any relationship between the number of times the advertisement was aired and digital camera sales. The pairings are:

 

  Location ofNumber ofSaturday–Sunday Sales
  TV StationAirings($ thousands)
  Providence415
  Springfield28
  New Haven521
  Boston624
  Hartford317

 

Click here for the Excel Data File

 

a.What is the dependent variable?
is the dependent variable.

 

c.Determine the correlation coefficient. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

 

  Coefficient of correlation

 

d.Interpret these statistical measures.

 

  The statistical measures obtained here indicate

correlation between the variables.

 

 

4.

value:

10.00 points

 

The owner of Maumee Ford-Mercury-Volvo wants to study the relationship between the age of a car and its selling price. Listed below is a random sample of 12 used cars sold at the dealership during the last year.

 

CarAge (years)Selling Price ($000)CarAge (years)Selling Price ($000)
198.1787.6
276.08118.0
3113.69108.0
4124.010126.0
585.01168.6
6710.01268.0

 Click here for the Excel Data File

a.If we want to estimate selling price on the basis of the age of the car, which variable is the dependent variable and which is the independent variable?

is the independent variable and

 is the dependent variable.

 

b-1.Determine the correlation coefficient. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

 

XY( )2( )2( )( )
9.08.11.1920.0071.4200.099
7.06.0-0.9083.6740.8251.741
11.03.62.0834.34010.945-6.892
12.04.03.0839.5078.458-8.967
8.05.0-0.917-1.9083.6421.749
7.010.0-1.9173.0929.558-5.926
8.07.6-0.9170.6920.840-0.634
11.08.02.0831.0924.3402.274
10.08.01.0831.0921.1741.192
12.06.03.083-0.9089.5070.825
6.08.6-2.9171.6928.5072.862-4.934
6.08.0-2.9171.0928.5071.192-3.184
107.00082.900

 

==sx=sy=

 

r=

 

b-2.Determine the coefficient of determination. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 

c.Interpret the correlation coefficient. Does it surprise you that the correlation coefficient is negative? (Round your answer to nearest whole number.)

correlation between age of car and selling price. So,  % of the variation in the selling price is explained by the variation in the age of the car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

value:

10.00 points

 

Pennsylvania Refining Company is studying the relationship between the pump price of gasoline and the number of gallons sold. For a sample of 20 stations last Tuesday, the correlation was .78.

 

At the .01 significance level, is the correlation in the population greater than zero? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 

  The test statistic is .

 

Decision:

H0: ρ ≤ 0