Bold names shown with a question identify the data table for the problem. The title of each
Question:
Bold names shown with a question identify the data table for the problem. The title of each of the following exercises identifies the data table to be used for the problem.
Drive Preferences These data give the percentage of new vehicles bought with four-wheel drive, state by state in the continental United States in 2014. The data include the average temperature in that state in January.
(a) Do you expect the correlation between these variables to be positive or negative? Explain your choice.
(b) Draw the associated scatterplot. Does the direction of the association match what you expected to find?
(c) In which states is the percentage choosing fourwheel drive the highest? Lowest?
(d) Find the correlation between the variables. Is it weaker or stronger than you expected?
Step by Step Answer:
Statistics For Business Decision Making And Analysis
ISBN: 9780134497167
3rd Edition
Authors: Robert A. Stine, Dean Foster