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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Today's class recap:
  • Looked at Stat-wide test data (for our Unit 1 test), briefly discussed the Unit 1 test
  • Completed our notes on chapter 7: discussed correlation and how we can determine if "a linear model (and correlation) is appropriate to use."
  • Complete some practice questions (below) in preparation for our quiz--contact a classmate for the answers!

Tomorrow = Math and Vocab Quiz! Start studying!

  • Tonight you should complete the practice quiz provided in class (or below)
    • The questions in red are added/not on the worksheet 
    • And here is an answer key so you can check your work:
  • Here is your chapter 7 vocab list WITH DEFINITIONS for the vocab portion of the quiz:
      1. Scatterplot: a graphical display that shows the association between two quantitative variable
      2. Explanatory Variable: the independent variable (on the x-axis)
      3. Response Variable: the dependent variable (on the y-axis)
      4. Lurking Variable: a variable related to the explanatory variable and to the response variable that leads to an apparent association between the explanatory and response
      5. Describe an association (what do we describe?): describe shape/form, direction, strength, reference r (if possible), and a "generally" statement
      6. Conditions for Correlation = Is a linear model appropriate? (what do we check): scatterplot is roughly linear with no outliers, residual plot has no pattern, and the two variables are quantitative
      7. Outliera point that falls outside the general pattern in a scatterplot
      8. y-hat: predicted value, generated from the equation of the LSRL
      9. Correlation: a measure of the strength and direction of the linear association between two variables 
      10. Positive Association: as the explanatory variable increases, the response variable also increases
      11. Negative Association: as the explanatory variable increases, the response variable decreases
  • Finally, here are the examples we used in class in case you were out:
Tomorrow in class (after our quiz) we'll start to look at the equation of the least squares regression line, slope, and y-intercept. See you there!

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