Question

For a sample of eight bears, researchers measured the distances around the bears' chests and weighed the bears. Minitab was used to find that the value of the linear correlation coefficient is r=0.989. Using alph=0.05, determine if there is a linear correlation between chest size and weight. What proportion of the variation in weight can be explained by the linear relationship between weight and chest size?

Answer 1

Kindly check explanation

Explanation:

Given that :

Correlation Coefficient (r) = 0.989

alph=0.05

Number of observations (n) = 8

determine if there is a linear correlation between chest size and weight.

Yes, there exists a linear relationship between chest size and weight as the value of the correlation Coefficient exceeds the critical value.

What proportion of the variation in weight can be explained by the linear relationship between weight and chest size?

To determine the the proportion of variation in weight that can be explained by the linear regression line between weight and chest size, we need to obtain the Coefficient of determination(r^2) of the model.

r^2 = square of the correlation Coefficient

r^2 = 0.989^2 = 0.978121

Hence, about 0.978 (97.8%) of the variation in weight can be explained by the linear relationship between weight and chest size.