A student wonders if tall women tend to date taller men than do short women. She measures

Question:

A student wonders if tall women tend to date taller men than do short women. She measures herself, her dormitory roommate, and the women in the adjoining dorm rooms. Then she measures the next man each woman dates. Here are the data (heights in inches):

Women (x) 66 64 66 65 70 65 Men (v) 72 68 70 68 71 65


a. Make a scatterplot of these data. Describe what you see.

b. Find the correlation r step by step, using the formula on page 166. Explain how your value for r matches your description in part (a).a

Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  book-img-for-question

The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

Question Posted: