In: Statistics and Probability
Regression and Correlation
Examine the relationship between recreational facilities and adult obesity.
What is your x variable and why?
What is your y variable and why?
What is the correlation coefficient (r)?
What does this mean concerning the relationship between facilities and adult obesity?
What is r2?
What does this mean(interpret it in a sentence)?
What would be the slope and y-intercept for a regression line based on this data?
What is your p-value? How do you interpret this?
| Adult Obesity | Recreational Facilities |
| 26.1 | 15 |
| 22.5 | 40 |
| 26.4 | 4 |
| 25.9 | 4 |
| 28.2 | 6 |
| 30.1 | 2 |
| 27.6 | 3 |
| 29.7 | 25 |
| 20.1 | 7 |
| 31.1 | 0 |
| 27.2 | 0 |
| 24.3 | 1 |
| 26.1 | 5 |
| 22.5 | 23 |
| 23 | 3 |
| 28.7 | 8 |
| 25.1 | 8 |
| 26.5 | 1 |
| 25.6 | 40 |
| 27.1 | 4 |
| 27.1 | 9 |
| 29.1 | 3 |
| 26.3 | 37 |
| 30.4 | 0 |
| 26.2 | 70 |
| 24.3 | 6 |
| 29.5 | 0 |
| 25.2 | 2 |
| 26.6 | 3 |
| 34.2 | 1 |
| 27.6 | 0 |
| 25.4 | 2 |
| 32.9 | 63 |
| 24.1 | 0 |
| 25.7 | 9 |
| 27.4 | 10 |