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Assignment 4
Semester 1 2024
DUE 23 April 2024
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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1 Solution Summary
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2 Assignment 04 – Detailed Solution
1. We need to determine the standard deviation of the number of Using
housesthe
sold.
statistical
keys of our calculator and entering the data points, we determine that the
x is:
value of s
sx = 6,60808 . . .
≈ 6,6.
The standard deviation is 6,6.
EL-738
Switch to STA mode with two varia-
bles
HP10BII
MODE 1 1
Clear allthe keys C ALL
Clear allthe memory keys P
2ndF M CLR 0 0 CL [on → M key]
Enter the data Enter the data P
5 (x,y) [nextto the ENT keys] 500 5 INPUT 500 P +
DATA [on the ENT key] 15 INPUT 900 P+
15 (x,y) 900 DATA 19 INPUT 1 500 P +
19 (x,y) 1 500 DATA 7 INPUT 2 000 +
7 (x,y) 2 000 DATA Calculate s
Calculate s sx , sy [on 8 key]
ALPHA s x = 6.60808. . . is displayed.
sx = 6.60808. . . is displayed.
CancelSTA mode:
MODE 0
[Option 3]
2. We need to determine the correlation coefficient
r of the fitted line that represents the data.
The correlation coefficient tells you how strong the linear relationship between the two
data is.
Using the statistical keys of our calculator and entering the data points we determine th
correlation coefficient is
r = 0,16428 . . .
≈ 0,16
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