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a. Use the scatter plot below to describe the association. Are there any unusual observations?
b. Using software, verify the given numbers for the correlation and slope of the regression line shown on the plot.
c. Are there any outliers? If so, what makes the observations unusual? Would you expect any of them to be influential observations? Why or why not?
d. Find the regression line and the correlation without one of the observations identified in part c. Compare your results to those in part b. Was the observation influential? Explain.
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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data
ISBN: 9780321997838
4th Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
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