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1.What are two numeric variables that you believe would be strongly correlated.

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Question

1.What are two numeric variables that you believe would be strongly correlated. Provide a brief explanation for your answer.

2.Give an example of two numeric variables that you believe would be uncorrelated. Give a brief explanation for your answer.

3.Give an example of two numeric variables that you believe would be positively correlated. Provide a brief explanation for your answer.

4.Give an example of two numeric variables that you believe would be negatively correlated. Provide a brief explanation for your answer.

5.Give an example of two numeric variables that you might try to find a linear relationship between that relates to your field of study. Why would this be helpful/important?

Explanation / Answer

1. Strongly correlated:

(i) X = time spent on running on a treadmill. Y = calories we will burn. The more time we spend running on a treadmill, the more calories we burn.

(ii) X = length the hair grows. Y = quatity of shampoo needed. The longer the hair grows, the more quantity of shampoo we need for cleaning.

2. Uncorrelated: X = height of a person . Y = number of softdrinks he takes per day. There is no correlation between the height of a person nd the number of softdrinks he takes per day.

3. (i) X = number of hours spent on studying per day. Y = Final score student gets. The more a sudent spends on studies, the more will be his final score.

(ii) X = time spent on marketing a product. Y = number of customers. The more time er spend on marketing a product, more will be the number of customers

4. (i) X = number of days absent. Y = final score of the student.

The more number of days the student is absent, the less will be his final score.

(ii) X = speed of a car . Y = time to reach destination. The more speed of the car, the less will be time to reach destination.

5. X = number of hours of study per day. Y = marks I get in examination. This will help me in estimating the time of my study per day for desired increase in my mark in the examnation