Answer to Question #264347 in Statistics and Probability for Andrew

Question

The following data gives the information on the ages (in years) and the number of breakdowns during the past month for a sample of 7 machines at a large industrial company.

Age (X): 12, 7, 2, 8, 13, 9, 4

Number of breakdowns (Y): 9, 5, 1, 4, 11, 7, 2

(a) Draw a scatter diagram to represent the above data.

(b) Calculate the value of Pearson’s correlation coefficient r. Interpret the value of r.

(c) Calculate coefficient of determination. Interpret your answer.

(d) Determine the equation of the regression line using least squares method.

(e) What is the expected breakdown for an eleven year old machine? 

Answer 1

a)

b)

$r = \frac{Σ(x_i - x̄)(y_i - ȳ)} {Σ( x_i - x̄)Σ(y_i - ȳ) }=0.973$

Results of the pearson correlation indicated that there is a significant large positive relationship between X and Y.

c)

coefficient of determination:

$r^2=0.973^2=0.947$

It shows that 94.7% of the data fit the regression model.

d)

$y=ax+b$

$x̄ = 7.8571, ȳ = 5.5714$

$a = \frac{Σ(x_i-x̄)(y_i-ȳ)}{ Σ(x_i-x̄)^2}=0.8916$

$b = ȳ - ax̄=-1.4337$

$y=0.8916x-1.4337$

e)

$y(11)=0.8916\cdot 11-1.4337=8$