In: Statistics and Probability
1. A psychology instructor asked each student to report the number of hours he or she spent preparing for an exam. In addition, the instructor recorded the number of errors made on each student’s exam. The data are as follows:
Hours (X) Errors (Y)
0 19
1 6
2 2
4 1
4 4
5 0
3 3
5 5
SSX = 24 SSY = 252
Following is the scatter plot:
Scatter plot shows a strong negative relationship between the varaibles. Scatter plot shows an outlier to the data.
Following table shows the calculations:
X | Y | X^2 | Y^2 | XY | |
0 | 19 | 0 | 361 | 0 | |
1 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
Total | 24 | 40 | 96 | 452 | 64 |
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Conclusion: The relationship between the variables is significant.
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The APA style results are
t(6) = -2.542, p < 0.05