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A human resources manager recorded the experience and hourly wage for a sample of 10 technology workers. 4-86 HW eTool (Desmos).
Experience (years) | | | | | | | | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hourly Wage ($) |
Sketch a scatterplot showing the association between the wage and the years of experience. Describe the association.
Create a scatterplot with the
-axis labeled "Experience (years)" and the y-axis labeled "Hourly Wage ($)." See 4-86(a) Answer eTool (Desmos). Remember to describe the association.
Sketch the residual plot. Is a linear model appropriate?
Refer to the Math Notes box in this lesson to review residual plots.
See 4-86(b) Residual Answer eTool (Desmos). Is the linear model appropriate?
Why or why not?What is the correlation coefficient? What does it tell you?
Remember that the correlation coefficient,
, is a measure of how much or how little the data is scattered around the LSRL.
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