Question

Anyone who has been outdoors on a summer evening has probably heard crickets. Did you know that it is possible to use the cricket as a thermometer? Crickets tend to chirp more frequently as temperatures increase. This phenomenon was studied in detail by George W. Pierce, a physics professor at Harvard. In the following data, x is a random variable representing chirps per second and y is a random variable representing temperature (°F). x 20.8 15.7 20.1 18.0 16.7 15.5 14.7 17.1 y 89.2 71.4 92.9 84.5 80.4 75.2 69.7 82.0 x 15.4 16.2 15.0 17.2 16.0 17.0 14.4 y 69.4 83.3 79.6 82.6 80.6 83.5 76.3 Complete parts (a) through (e), given Σx = 249.8, Σy = 1200.6, Σx2 = 4207.58, Σy2 = 96,731.02, Σxy = 20,140.46, and r ≈ 0.843. (a) Draw a scatter diagram displaying the data. Selection Tool Line Ray Segment Circle Vertical Parabola Horizontal Parabola Point No Solution Help 123456789101112131415161718192021225101520253035404550556065707580859095100 Clear Graph Delete Layer Fill WebAssign Graphing Tool Graph LayersToggle Open/Closed After you add an object to the graph you can use Graph Layers to view and edit its properties. (b) Verify the given sums Σx, Σy, Σx2, Σy2, Σxy, and the value of the sample correlation coefficient r. (Round your value for r to three decimal places.) Σx = Σy = Σx2 = Σy2 = Σxy = r = (c) Find x, and y. Then find the equation of the least-squares line y hat = a + bx. (Round your answers for x and y to two decimal places. Round your answers for a and b to three decimal places.) x = y = y hat = + x (d) Graph the least-squares line. Be sure to plot the point (x, y) as a point on the line. WebAssign Plot WebAssign Plot WebAssign Plot WebAssign Plot (e) Find the value of the coefficient of determination r2. What percentage of the variation in y can be explained by the corresponding variation in x and the least-squares line? What percentage is unexplained? (Round your answer for r2 to three decimal places. Round your answers for the percentages to one decimal place.) r2 = explained % unexplained % (f) What is the predicted temperature when x = 18.6 chirps per second? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) °F?

Answer 1

a)

b)

r ~ 0.843

c)

d)

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e)

r = 0.843

coefficient of determination r^2 = 0.8427 * 0.8427 = 0.710

explained = 71.0%

unexplained = 29.0%

f)

the predicted temperature when x = 18.6 chirps per second

yhat = 28.772 + 3.079 x

when x = 18.6

yhat = 28.772 + 3.079 * 18.6

yhat = 86.04