Reference no: EM132465118
Compare the murder counts for the states of Florida, Texas and New York. Your job is to identify which of the two states is most correlated to Florida. Make scattered plot chart with X representing Florida and Y representing that state in question, plot the line and compute the R-square. Answer the questions:
I) What are the approximate slope and the R-squares on your chart?
a. 2.09 & 0.74
b. 0.51 & 173.66
c. 0.51 & 0.844
d. 1.64 & 0.84
e. None of the above
II) What is the approximate Y-intercept and what is its interpretation?
a. -35.49 & There is no interpretation
b. -35.49 & When there are no murders in Florida there will be -35.49 murders in TX
c. -35.49 & When there are no murders in Florida there will be 35.49 murders in TX
d. -581.17 & When there are no murders in Florida there will be 581.17 murders in NY
e. None of the above
III) What does each dot represent?
a. The comparison in murder counts between Texas and Florida
b. A year
c. A state
d. A crime
e. None of the above
IV) The highest dot on your chart has (approximately) the following Y-coordinate
a. 4096
b. 2652
c. 1522
d. 3652
e. None of the above
Data of murder count is below:
FL TX NY
469 9 482
400 16 424
422 22 373
390 24 391
503 15 390
491 15 410
504 20 459
501 28 498
636 30 526
551 26 588
702 36 597
745 30 606
871 33 704
834 37 683
868 37 629
711 32 677
692 55 609
593 44 586
731 49 600
877 66 600
743 55 619
960 50 541
713 53 545
483 56 490
546 47 539
620 50 520
686 53 515
735 55 519
748 47 510
820 45 584
767 52 711
849 52 769
741 54 723
789 58 785
703 56 772
683 76 677
630 63 619
563 50 614
618 65 612
583 44 552
651 43 560
598 67 505
606 47 548
657 60 506
613 46 532
564 56 585