Introduction to Bivariate Data

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Introduction to Bivariate Data: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Scatter Diagrams, Line of Best Fit, Bivariate Data & Strength of Relationship of Scatter Diagrams etc.

Important Questions on Introduction to Bivariate Data

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Scatter diagram does not help us to

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For the given data, Describe the type of correlation.

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Decide which of these statements best represents the relationship between scatter plot

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Decide which of these statements best represents the relationship between scatter plot

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List the differences between univariate and bivariate data.

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The data graphed on x axis is known as _____ variable.

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Determine the equation of line of best fit for the data:

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 1 4 7 8 10

 

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Shawn is buying boxes of cookies at a bakery. Each box of cookies costs 10.

Which of the following statement is true?

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Emma is conducting a survey into the masses of dogs and during their morning walk in minutes. She presents the results in the table below.

Duration of walks (min) 23 45 12 5 18 67 64 15 28 39
Mass (kg) 22 10 12 32 13 12 6 28 21 12

Draw a scatter diagram to show the mass of each dog against the duration of the morning walk in minutes. (Plot the mass of the dog on the vertical axis.)

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Mr. Bobby is investigating the relationship between the number of sales assistants working in a department store and the length of time (in seconds) he spends waiting in a queue to be served. His results are shown in the table below.

Number of sales assistants 12 14 23 28 14 11 17 21 33 21 22 13 7
Waiting time (seconds) 183 179 154 150 224 236 221 198 28 87 77 244 266

Draw a scatter diagram to show the length of time Mr. Bobby spends queueing and the number of sales assistants working in the store. Describe the correlation between the number of sales assistants and the time spent queueing.

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For two variables x and y, it is known that cov x, y=8, r=0.4, variance of x is 16 and sum of squares of deviation of y from its mean is 250. The number of observations for this bivariate data is

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The table gives the height and weight of 14 adult mountain zebras.

Height 
x (m)
1.37 1.17 1.2 1.34 1.42 1.42 1.37 1.48 1.51 1.23 1.57 1.29 1.30 1.44
Weight
y (kg)
257 171 185 214 315 271 242 329 314 185 356 228 230 285

Draw a scatter diagram.

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There are twelve 15-year-old girls in an athletics club. The table shows their leg length and time to run 1000 m.

Leg length
x (cm)
82 91 85 93 86 95 70 87 90 75 91 80
Time to run
y (s)
245 210 243 220 240 225 250 243 230 248 220 240

Draw a scatter diagram.

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The table shows information on road deaths and vehicle ownership in ten countries.

Draw a scatter diagram with vehicles per 100 population on the x-axis and road deaths per 100000 population on the y-axis.

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Does the graph show any correlation?

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Consider the set of data points in the table. Plot these points on a scatter diagram.

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The table shows the gross domestic product (GDP) x and the average number of books read per person in a year y for 15 countries. Plot a scatter diagram for this data.

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The table shows the area (a, in millions of square feet)) of ten shopping malls, along with the annual number of visitors (v, in millions). Describe the correlation

a2.72.21.82.61.82.22.721.41v28272625232222212018

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The table shows the area (a, in millions of square feet) of ten shopping malls, along with the annual number of visitors (v,in millions). Plot a scatter diagram for this data.

a2.72.21.82.61.82.22.721.41v28272625232222212018

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For the given data, Describe the type of correlation.

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