We removed humans from the scatterplot in Exercise 39 because our species was an outlier in life

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We removed humans from the scatterplot in Exercise 39 because our species was an outlier in life expectancy. The resulting scatterplot (below) shows two points that now may be of concern. The point in the upper right corner of this scatterplot is for elephants, and the other point at the far right is for hippos.

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a) By removing one of these points, we could make the association appear to be stronger. Which point? Explain.
b) Would the slope of the line increase or decrease?
c) Should we just keep removing animals to increase the strength of the model? Explain.
d) If we remove elephants from the scatterplot, the slope of the regression line becomes 11.6 days per year.
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Stats Data And Models

ISBN: 662

4th Edition

Authors: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul D. Velleman, David E. Bock

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