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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