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Term 3 Week 3 HW

This document contains excerpts from mathematics homework assignments involving the analysis of scatter plots and least squares regression lines. Several questions ask students to interpret aspects of the regression lines such as the slope, intercept, and to make predictions using the line equations. The reliability of predictions is discussed. Topics include weather data, life expectancy trends in Australia and the UK, relationships between population and area for city suburbs, and correlations between male and female life expectancies in different countries.

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Term 3 Week 3 HW

This document contains excerpts from mathematics homework assignments involving the analysis of scatter plots and least squares regression lines. Several questions ask students to interpret aspects of the regression lines such as the slope, intercept, and to make predictions using the line equations. The reliability of predictions is discussed. Topics include weather data, life expectancy trends in Australia and the UK, relationships between population and area for city suburbs, and correlations between male and female life expectancies in different countries.

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Term 3 Week 3 Homework Due date: 31/07/20 Name: ____________________________

2012 Question 2
The maximum temperature and the minimum temperature at
this weather station on each of the 30 days in November 2011
are displayed in the scatterplot below. The correlation
coefficient for this data set is 𝑟 = 0.630. The equation of the
least squares regression line for this data set is
𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 13 + 0.67 × 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
b. Interpret the vertical intercept of the least squares regression line in terms of maximum
temperature and minimum temperature. 1 mark

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d. Interpret the slope of the least squares regression line in terms of maximum temperature and
minimum temperature. 1 mark

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2015 Question 5
The time series plot below displays the life expectancy, in years, of people living in Australia and the
United Kingdom (UK) for each year from 1920 to 2010.
b. In 1975, the life expectancies in Australia and the UK were very similar.
From 1975, the gap between the life expectancies in the two countries increased, with people in
Australia having a longer life expectancy than people in the UK. To investigate the difference in life
expectancies, least squares regression lines were fitted to the data for both Australia and the UK for
the period 1975 to 2010. The results are shown below.

The equations of the least squares regression lines are as


follows.

Australia: 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 = −451.7 + 0.2657 × 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟


UK: 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑦 = −350.4 + 0.2143 × 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟

i. Use these equations to predict the difference between the life expectancies of Australia and the UK
in 2030. Give your answer correct to the nearest year. 2 marks

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ii. Explain why this prediction may be of limited reliability. 1 mark

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2016 Sample Question 3 / 2014 Question 2


2016 Sample Question 3 / 2014 Question 2
The scatterplot below shows the population and area (in
square kilometres) of a sample of inner suburbs of a
large city. The equation of the least squares regression
line for the data in the scatterplot is
𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 5330 + 2680 × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎

c. Interpret the slope of this least squares regression line


in terms of the variables area and population. 2 marks

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2015 Question 3
The scatterplot below plots male life expectancy (male) against female life
expectancy (female) in 1950 for a number of countries.
A least squares regression line has been fitted to the scatterplot as shown.
The slope of this least squares regression line is 0.88.
a. Interpret the slope in terms of the variables male life expectancy and
female life expectancy. 1 mark

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The equation of this least squares regression line is 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 = 3.6 + 0.88 × 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒
b. In a particular country in 1950, female life expectancy was 35 years.
Use the equation to predict male life expectancy for that country. 1 mark

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2016 Question 3
Data of a sample of actual temperatures and apparent
temperatures are recorded at the weather station. A scatterplot of
the data is also shown. The data will be used to investigate the
association between the variables apparent temperature and actual
temperature.

The equation of the least-squares regression line is


𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 = −1.7 + 0.94 × 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
ii. Interpret the intercept of the least squares line in terms of the variables apparent temperature and
actual temperature. 1 mark

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2016 Question 9

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