When adults are asked their weight, the reported weight tends to be less than their actual weight as


Question: When adults are asked their weight, the reported weight tends to be less than their actual weight as measured by a scale. Here are the measured weights (in pounds) and the reported weights for 5 women.

Woman

A B C D

E

Measured Weight 112 123 179 141 135
Reported Weight 110 120 166 125 129

(a) What is the explanatory variable?

(b) Find the correlation using the formula. Use statistics mode on your calculator to obtain \[\bar{x},\text{ }{{s}_{x}},\text{ }\bar{y},\text{ }\] and \[\text{ }{{s}_{y}}\]. Do the rest of the calculation by hand (except, of course, for multiplication, addition and division which you can do on your calculator).

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