2. LINEAR CORRELATION & LINEAR REGRESSION PROBLEM A biologist is studying field mice particularly if there is a relationship between the caloric intake of a rat and its body mass. The caloric intake of rats varies with body mass as shown below. Body Mass kg (X) 3.4 8.5 9 2 3.6 4.6 5 6 7 8 10 Caloric Intake, cal h-1 (Y) 1.5 2.1 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.6 5.9 A. Find correlation coefficient (r), correct to 4 decimal places. B. Is there a linear correlation between these results? (Show the scatter diagram.) C. Determine the equation of the regression line of caloric intake or body mass, expressing the slope and y-intercept. (Plot the estimated regression line on the scatter diagram.) D. Estimate the caloric intake when the body mass is 4.8 kg. (Show graph.)
Correlation
Correlation defines a relationship between two independent variables. It tells the degree to which variables move in relation to each other. When two sets of data are related to each other, there is a correlation between them.
Linear Correlation
A correlation is used to determine the relationships between numerical and categorical variables. In other words, it is an indicator of how things are connected to one another. The correlation analysis is the study of how variables are related.
Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical method in which it estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variable. In simple terms dependent variable is called as outcome variable and independent variable is called as predictors. Regression analysis is one of the methods to find the trends in data. The independent variable used in Regression analysis is named Predictor variable. It offers data of an associated dependent variable regarding a particular outcome.
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