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07 - S1 Chapter 8 Answers
07 - S1 Chapter 8 Answers
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8 Regression
EXERCISE 8A
1 (a) Graph of heart mass against body mass for 14 mice
y
200
180
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Heart
mass
(mg)
140
120
100
25 30 35 40 45 50 x
Body mass (g)
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150
Systolic
blood
pressure
125
100
30 40 50 60 70 x
Age (years)
(b) y 62.8 1.58x;
(c) (i) y 1.5763 20 62.766 94.3,
(ii) y 1.5763 45 62.766 133.7;
(d) (i) Extrapolation – not accurate, linear model may not continue,
(ii) Interpolation – likely to be reasonably accurate.
3 (a) Graph of hardness of shell against supplement amount
y
7.5
5.0
Hardness
of
shell
2.5
5 10 15 20 x
Supplement (g)
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50
40
Actual
age
(years)
30
20
20 30 40 x
Predicted age (years)
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Price
(£ 1000)
5 10 15 20 25 x
Capacity (100 cm3)
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20
16
Salary 12
(£ 1000)
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 x
Score
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500
400
Ada
Betty
Alice
Time to
pack (min) 300
200
100
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 x
Number of items
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100
90
80 y 1.6x
Cost 70
(£ 1000)
60
50
40
30
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 x
Output (1000)
Deflection
3 A
B
C
2
10 20 30 40 50 60 x
Temperature (°C)
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370
360
350
Takings
(£’00)
340
330
320
310
10 16 22 28 34 x
Number of part-time staff
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100
90
80
A
70
K
Estimated 60 D
age B
(years)
50
40 I
E
30
20 C
G
10 F
H
J
O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 x
Actual age (years)
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390
1
380
370
360 2
350
3
Load 340
time
(min)
330
4
320
5
310 6
7
300
8
290
9
280
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
Number of helpers
(b) y 396 11.5x;
(c) a – estimate of time to load van with no local people hired
b – estimate of reduction in time to load van for each local
person hired;
(d) Extrapolation, estimate would be negative, which is impossible;
(e) Cannot tell if reduction in time is due to more people hired or to
roadies gaining more experience.