Mathematics department at a liberal arts college used a 25-point placement test to assist in assigni


Question: Mathematics department at a liberal arts college used a 25-point placement test to assist in assigning appropriate math courses to incoming freshmen. The department believes that the test is a good predictor of a student’s final numerical grade in its introductory statistical course. The results are shown below.

Student Placement Test Score (x) Numerical Grade (y)
1 21 69
2 17 72
3 21 94
4 11 61
5 15 62
6 19 80
7 15 65
8 23 88
9 13 54
10 19 75
11 16 80
12 25 93
13 8 55
14 14 60
15 17 64

a. Construct a scatter plot for the data.

b. Find the least square line relating x to y.

c. Plot the least square line on the graph, part a.

d. Interpret the values of and .

e. Is the proposed model appropriate? Use ?= 0.05.

Price: $2.99
Solution: The solution file consists of 6 pages
Solution Format: Word Document

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