Question: Time left 2:21:49 QUESTION 25 - CORRELATION AND REGRESSION [25 MARKS] A physician wishes to know whether there is a relationship between a father's weight

 Time left 2:21:49 QUESTION 25 - CORRELATION AND REGRESSION [25 MARKS]

Time left 2:21:49 QUESTION 25 - CORRELATION AND REGRESSION [25 MARKS] A physician wishes to know whether there is a relationship between a father's weight (in pounds) and his new-born son's weight (in pounds). The data are given here Father's Weight 176 160 187 210 196 142 205 215 Son's a. State the independent variable for the data above. (1mk) weight 6 8 9 7 9 10 7 11 b. State the dependent variable for the data above. (1mk) C. Calculate the coefficient of correlation and describe the result (5 marks) d. Using the data from the table above generate and state the regression equation. (10mks) e. Give a brief interpretation of the values in the equation generated in part c. (2mks) f. Predict the weight for son whose father's weigh is i. 125 pounds. (2mks) ii. 250 pounds. (2mks) f. Make a brief comment on these findings in part e. (2mks) 1 B E E PA

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