A Level Mathematics

Chapter 4 - Statistics
Correlation
Chapter Overview
1. Draw and interpret scatter diagrams
2. Interpret correlation
3. Interpret the coefficients of a regression line equation for
bivariate data
4. Understand when you can use a regression line to make
predications

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 Recap on Correlation

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Important Correlation Concepts

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Textbook Exercise 4A Pg 61

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What is Regression?

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Interpreting a and b.

Example

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 Interpolating and Extrapolating

Interpolating =

Extrapolating =

Example

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 Textbook Exercise 4B Pg 65

Using your Classwiz

Verify the regression line of g on w for the data above has the equation g=7.23 + 1.82w.

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