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Below is data on the height and weight of a group of males. Compute the correlation coefficient for this data. Is there a relationship that

  1. Below is data on the height and weight of a group of males. Compute the correlation coefficient for this data. Is there a relationship that exists between their height and their weight? Is the relationship positive or negative? Do you a rough scatterplot of the data. Does this confirm what you found computing the correlation? What is the critical value of r for a significance level of .05 one tail test? Does your calculation mean that that the computation is statistically significant?

Ht (in inches)

WT (in pounds)

67

140

71

165

73

168

71

142

74

200

68

135

71

150

69

168

66

106

2. Using the data from question 1 and assuming that all conditions are met for linearity, identify the independent (predictor), the dependent (response) variable. Compute the slope and the intercept. What would you predict the value of y to be for an x value of 70?

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