A random survey of a small group of high school students

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A random survey of a small group of high school students collected information on the students' age and number of bookd they had read in the past year.

Age(years) 16 15 18 17 16 15 14 17

Books read 5 3 8 6 4 4 5 15

a. create a scatter plot of the data

b. COmpute the Pearson corelation

c. Determine the equation of the line of best fit.

d. Identify outlier

e. Repeat part d with the oulier removed. DOes this improve the linear model?

f. Do your results suggest that the number of books a student reads depends on the students age?

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