Mr. Friend noticed that meetings tended to start late when there were a lot of people in attendance and decided to study that relationship. He collecting data on the number of people who were attending each meeting and the number of minutes late that the meeting started. He noticed there was one point that seemed unusual, so he removed it from the data set. What is true about the point that was removed?   a. the point is not unusual b. It is an influential observation c. It has the largest residual d. The slope changes little when the point is removed Selected:e. The correlation is lower with the removal of the point

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Mr. Friend noticed that meetings tended to start late when there were a lot of people in attendance and decided to study that relationship. He collecting data on the number of people who were attending each meeting and the number of minutes late that the meeting started. He noticed there was one point that seemed unusual, so he removed it from the data set. What is true about the point that was removed?

 

a. the point is not unusual
b. It is an influential observation
c. It has the largest residual
d. The slope changes little when the point is removed
Selected:e. The correlation is lower with the removal of the point

Number of people attending the meeting
Number of minutes late the meeting started
2 3 4 56 10
6 8 10 14 7
Figure 2 represents the scatter plot with the point (10, 7) removed from the data.
Scatterplot of Minutes Late vs Number attending
Satterplot of Minutes Late vs Number attending
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12
10
Nunber attending
Number attending
Figure 1
Figure 2
Mintes Late
Hinutes Late
Transcribed Image Text:Number of people attending the meeting Number of minutes late the meeting started 2 3 4 56 10 6 8 10 14 7 Figure 2 represents the scatter plot with the point (10, 7) removed from the data. Scatterplot of Minutes Late vs Number attending Satterplot of Minutes Late vs Number attending 14 12 10 Nunber attending Number attending Figure 1 Figure 2 Mintes Late Hinutes Late
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