Word Problems: Correlation #9
November 3, 2008 by
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You sell ice cream. You wonder if there is a relationship between flavors. To see if people who buy your chocolate ice cream also buy your mocha ice cream , you collect the following data from a sample of your customers (# of pints purchased).
Chocolate Mocha
10 10
10 4
4 5
9 7
10 1
2 2
What is the SS for Chocolate: ______
What is the range for Chocolate: ______
What is the SS for Mocha: ______
What is the SSxy: ______
Since you are interested in the relationship between two dependent variables, which of the following tests should you perform:
a. t-test
b. ANOVA
c. correlation
d. regression
e. multiple regression
Perform the comparison you selected in the item above. Select only the appropriate one(s). What was the result of your calculations?
a =
b =
r =
t =
F =
Is this statistic significant (.05 alpha, 2-tailed):
Calculate the coefficient of determination:
NOW YOU CHOOSE:
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