The modern Olympic Games have changed dramatically since their inception in 1896. Are athletes getting better? We will use regression to investigate the change in winning times for one eventthe men's 1,500 meter race.

Variables

Year:the year of the Olympic Games, from 1896 to 2000. Time: the winning time for the 1,500 meter race, in seconds.

Since the winning time depends on the year, theYear since 1896is the explanatory variable, and theWinning timeis the response variable.

Download the olympics(Links to an external site.) datafile for the men's 1,500 meter race.

• Go toWebApps - Scatter Plot and Correlation(Links to an external site.)
• Copy and Paste the Olympics data to the WebApps - Scatter Plot and Correlations
• Watch thesupplemental video(Links to an external site.)(Links to an external site.)to analyze the data.

Answer the question and attach image of Scatter Plot and Correlation.