Ch 4 Statistics Review

1. Birth weight and adult weight of six species on the family camelidae (camels) Common name x Bactrian Camel Dromedary Llama Guanaco Alpaca Vicuna Birth Weight (kg) 36 37 11 11.5 7.21 5.74 Adult weight y Fitted value Residual

475 434 140 100 62 50

a. On your calculator, construct a scatterplot of the data. Is the data linear? b What is the correlation between birth weight and adult weight? Is the correlation positive or negative? a. Interpret the correlation. b. What is r2? Interpret r2. c. Give the equation of the least squares regression line. d. What is the slope of this line? Interpret the slope. e. What is the y-intercept? Interpret it. Does the intercept seem reasonable in this setting? f. Predict the adult weight of a species of camel that has birth weight 20kg.

g. Should this line be used for camel species that have birth weight 50kg? Why or why not? h. Complete the table by computing the fitted values and residuals. Which birth weight has the greatest residual? Is the residual positive or negative?