Discuss your findings in a few sentences. Is r positive or negative? Why? Is a line a good curve to fit to this data? Why or why not? Is the linear relationship very strong, moderately strong, weak, or nonexistent?

(LR-1) Describe your topic, provide your data, and cite your source. Collect at least 8 data points. Label appropriately.  (Highly recommended: Post this information in the Linear Model Project discussion as well as in your completed project. Include a brief informative description in the title of your posting. Each student must use different data.) The idea with the discussion posting is two-fold: (1) To […]

Explain when it is appropriate to use a Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient.Using academic sources

Using academic sources, explain when it is appropriate to use a Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. What are the assumptions of a Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient analysis? Using academic sources, explain when it is appropriate to use a Spearman’s Rank Correlation analysis. A Sports Therapist is interested in the relationship between players’ thigh girth and single leg hop […]

Calculate the Correlation Coefficient and write one paragraph that describes the relationship between SAT scores and GPA for this sample.

A survey was conducted that asked participants to report their SAT scores and high school GPA. The following are the results: SAT Score GPA 1110 3.1 1350 3.7 1300 3.8 1140 2.8 960 2.9 1400 3.8 1440 4.1 1450 4.3 1260 3.5 1370 3.8 1410 4.0 1550 4.4 1520 4.3 1110 2.9 1230 3.0 1360 […]

Determine the correlation coefficient between the first year and each of the other years. Provide an explanation of these relationships. Show your calculations for each correlation coefficient within the spreadsheet.

Prepare a report (see below) using the numerical methods of descriptive statistics presented in this module to show how the populations of the cities vary over the years (growth rates). Be sure to include the following three (3) items in your report: Compute descriptive statistics for each of the years along with an explanation of […]