In: Statistics and Probability
1. Consider these situations. Which ones do you think the trend will be linear? Explain.
a) We measure the height (x) and armspan (y) of a number of UCLA
students.
b) We collect data on the size houses (x) and their value (y) in a
city.
c) For "industrialized" countries, we examine the relationship
between their annual wine consumptions (liters per person) and
mortality rate (deaths per 100,000).
d) For one year, a person uses a fitbit activity tracker to record
the number of steps taken per day (x) and compares this to the
number of steps recorded by his smartphone's activity tracker
(y).