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Exercise Sheet Regression

The document provides examples of regression analysis using data sets with independent variables (x-values like time, distance, number of chapters) and dependent variables (y-values like mass, blood pressure, number of pages). It asks the reader to calculate regression lines and use them to predict y-values for given x-values. Examples include predicting chemical mass after a given time, expected blood pressure from noise level, and cable length left on drums of a given weight.

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Exercise Sheet Regression

The document provides examples of regression analysis using data sets with independent variables (x-values like time, distance, number of chapters) and dependent variables (y-values like mass, blood pressure, number of pages). It asks the reader to calculate regression lines and use them to predict y-values for given x-values. Examples include predicting chemical mass after a given time, expected blood pressure from noise level, and cable length left on drums of a given weight.

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Time, xx (seconds) 5 7 12 16 20

Mass, yy (grams) 40 120 180 210 240

Exercise sheet: Regression


1. Consider the example above where the mass, yy (grams), of a chemical is related to
the time, xx (seconds), for which the chemical reaction has been taking place
according to the table: Take your equation and enter the value of time x=10 and
calculate Y

First
5 7 6 6 6 7 6 6
Test
6 5 1 1 7 2 2 1
, xx

Seco
nd 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2
Test 1 9 4 1 2 4 9 4
, yy

2. To see how students' reaction skills have improved over a year, eight students took a
reactions test at the start of the year and at the end of the year. These are their scores:
By how much does the chemical increase in weight in five seconds?

3. To monitor its staff appraisal methods, a personnel department compares the results of
the tests carried out on employees at their first appraisal with an assessment score of
the same individuals two years later. The resulting data are as follows:

First Test (𝑋)(X) 58 76 54 59 74 65 64 58
Later Score (𝑌)(Y) 36 32 32 44 43 42 41 35

4. A warehouse manager of a company dealing in large quantities of steel cable needs to


be able to estimate how much cable is left on his partially used drums. A random
sample of twelve partially used drums is taken and each drum is weighed and the
corresponding length of cable measured. The results are given in the table below:

Weight 30 40 40 50 50 50 60 70 70 80 90
of drum
and cable
(x) kg.
Measure 70 90 100 120 130 150 160 190 200 200 220
d length
of cable
(y) m.

Find the least squares regression line in the form y = mx + c and use it to predict the lengths
of cable left on drums whose weights are: (i) 35 kg (ii) 85 kg (iii) 100 kg In the latter case
state any assumptions which you make in order to find the length of cable left on the drum.
5. An article in the Journal of Sound and Vibration 1991 (151) explored a possible
relationship between hypertension (defined as blood pressure rise in mm of mercury)
and exposure to noise levels (measured in decibels). Some data given is as follows:
Noise Level
60 63 65 70 70 70 80 90 80 80
(x)
Blood
pressure rise 1 0 1 2 5 1 4 6 2 3
(y) N
Use your regression line predict the expected rise in blood pressure for a exposure to a noise
level of 97 decibels.

Exercise Sheet: Trend Line

1. Fitting a trend line with LSM

Distance
4 2 1 2 3 5 2 4 3
(miles)

Time
(minutes) 38 25 07 16 26 55 20 45 31

Example 2 :

David records the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books as
given below. 

No. of
chapters 4 5 8 10 11 15 17 19

No. of pages
20 44 50 95 90 130 125 170

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