[EX03-011] Can a womans height be predicted from her mothers height? The heights of some motherdaughter pairs

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[EX03-011] Can a woman’s height be predicted from her mother’s height? The heights of some mother–daughter pairs are listed; x is the mother’s height and y is the daughter’s height.

x 63 63 67 65 61 63 61 64 62 63 y 63 65 65 65 64 64 63 62 63 64 x 64 63 64 64 63 67 61 65 64 65 66 y 64 64 65 65 62 66 62 63 66 66 65

a. Draw two dotplots using the same scale and showing the two sets of data side by side.

b. What can you conclude from seeing the two sets of heights as separate sets in part a? Explain.

c. Draw a scatter diagram of these data as ordered pairs.

d. What can you conclude from seeing the data presented as ordered pairs? Explain.

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