1. To study about the correlation between height and shoe size, you need to collect a sample of nine (9) people using
a systematic sampling method.
a. What is the population of people? Where and how are you going to collect your sample? Does your sample accurately represent your population? Why or why not?
b. Collect the sample and record the data. Use a single unit for height, do not use a mixed unit like feet and inches. Completely ignore the fact that men and women have di erent shoe size scales, it is not important.
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Person 6 Person 7 Person 8 Person 9
Height
Shoe Size
2. (CLO 1) Construct a con dence interval to estimate the mean height and the mean weight by completing the following:
a. Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation of the height. Denote them as x and sx respectively.
b. Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation of the shoe sizes. Denote them as y and sy respectively.
c. Construct and interpret a 98% con dence interval to estimate the mean height of the population. I want to see the formulas lled in with the appropriate numbers.
d. Construct and interpret a 98% con dence interval to estimate the mean shoe size of the population. I want to see the formulas lled in with the appropriate numbers.
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3. (CLO 2) Test a claim that the mean height of your population is di erent from 64 inches. Use a signi cance level of 0.02.
a. State the initial and alternative hypothesis.
b. Find the test statistic and the P-value. I want to see the formulas lled in with the numbers.
c. Draw a conclusion in context of the situation.
4. (CLO 3) Find a correlation between height and shoe size.
a. Create a scatterplot of the data. Height is x-axis and Shoe size is y-axis. Attach your scatterplot to the end of this document.
b. Find the linear correlation coecient. What does this tell you about your data?
c. Write the equation of the regression line and use it to predict the shoe size of a person that is 68 inches tall.
5. Write a paragraph or two about what you have learned from this process. When you read, see, or hear a statistic in the future, what skills will you apply to know whether you can trust the result?
