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Linear Regression Practice Worksheet

This document provides instructions and data for four practice problems involving linear regression. For each problem, students are asked to create a scatter plot, find the linear regression equation, determine the correlation coefficient, make a prediction using the equation, and answer other questions related to interpreting the linear regression results.

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Linear Regression Practice Worksheet

This document provides instructions and data for four practice problems involving linear regression. For each problem, students are asked to create a scatter plot, find the linear regression equation, determine the correlation coefficient, make a prediction using the equation, and answer other questions related to interpreting the linear regression results.

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Linear Regression Name: ______________________________

Practice Worksheet
Date: ______________________________

Instructions: Create a scatter plot, find the linear regression equation (line of best fit), determine the correlation, and
then make a prediction.

1. The table below gives the amount of time students in a class studied for a test and their test scores.
Graph the data on a scatter plot, find the line of best fit, and write the equation for the line you draw.

Hours Studied 1 0 3 1.5 2.75 1 0.5 2

Test Score 78 75 90 89 97 85 81 80

Linear Regression Equation: ____________________

Correlation Coefficient (r): _________

Type of Correlation: ______________________

Is the correlation strong? Explain

Using the linear regression equation predict


a students test score if they studied for 4 hours.

2. The table below gives the amount of Krabby Patties made by Spongebob for each year he’s worked.
Graph the data on a scatter plot, find the line of best fit, and write the equation for the line you draw.
Years worked 1 2 3 4 5 6

Patties made 6,500 7,805 10,835 11,230 15,870 16,387

Linear Regression Equation: ____________________

Correlation Coefficient (r): _________

Type of Correlation: ______________________

Is the correlation strong? Explain

Using the linear regression equation predict


how many Krabby Patties he will make after
working 10 years.
3. The table below gives the estimated world population (in billions) for various years.

Year 1980 1990 1997 2000 2005 2011

Population 4400 5100 5852 6080 6450 7000

Linear Regression Equation: ____________________

Correlation Coefficient (r): _________

Type of Correlation: ______________________

Is the correlation strong? Explain

Using the linear regression equation predict


the world population in the year 2015.

4. The table below shows the income for an employee over his first 8 years of work. Use this to estimate
his income for his 15th year of work.

Years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Income 45,000 46,814 48,212 52,870 54,125 58,532 61,075 62,785

Linear Regression Equation: ____________________

Correlation Coefficient (r): _________

Type of Correlation: ______________________

Is the correlation strong? Explain

Using the linear regression equation predict


his income for his 15th year of work.
6. The table below shows the number of cars sold last month by seven employees at Concord Motors and their
number of years of sales experience.

Experience (X) Sales (Y)


1 8
2 6
2 7
4 14
5 9
6 13
8 10

(a) Calculate the slope and intercept.


(b) Provide an interpretation of the slope and intercept.
(c) What is the predicted value of sales if an employee has 6 years of working experience?
(d) Test the hypothesis that the slope is equal to zero using 5% level of significance. Assume a standard error
0.313. What is the conclusion from your test?
(e) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the slope.
(f) Calculate the coefficient of determination. Comment on the model’s goodness of fit.

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