In: Statistics and Probability
A study was done to look at the relationship between number of movies people watch at the theater each year and the number of books that they read each year. The results of the survey are shown below.
Movies | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books | 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
a)
correlation coefficient r= | Sxy/(√Sxx*Syy) = | -0.64 |
null hypothesis: Ho: ρ | = | 0 | |
Alternate Hypothesis: Ha: ρ | ≠ | 0 |
test stat t= | r*(√(n-2)/(1-r2))= | -2.6463 | |
P value = | 0.0245 |
There is statistically significant evidence to conclude that there is a correlation between the number of movies watched per year and the number of books read per year. Thus, the regression line is useful.
Coeffficient of determination R^2 =SSR/SST=0.41 |
There is a large variation in the number books people read each year, but if you only look at people who watch a fixed number of movies each year, this variation on average is reduced by 41%.
y^ =12.72+(-0.61)*x
predicted val=12.724+3*-0.613= | 11 |
For every additional movie that people watch each year, there tends to be an average decrease of 0.61 books read.
The best prediction for a person who doesn't watch any movies is that they will read 13 books each year.