Chapter 12, Problem 12.22AC

If you travel 100 miles in two hours, then your average speed for the trip is Average speed=_________=________

Using your graphing calculator, make a scatter plot of the data from the table. Then graph your model from Question 2 along with the data. How well does your model fit the data? What could you do to try to improve your model?

Table 2 shows a recent graduate’s credit card balance each month after graduation. a. Use exponential regression to fit a model to these data. b. If spending continues at this rate, what will the graduate’s credit card debt be one year after graduating?

Demand for Candy Bars In this problem you will determine a linear demand equation that describes the demand for candy bars in your class. Survey your classmates to determine what price they would be willing to pay for a candy bar. Your survey form might look like the sample to the left. a Make a table of the number of respondents who answered yes at each price level. b Make a scatter plot of your data. c Find and graph the regression line y=mp+b, which gives the number of respondents y who would buy a candy bar if the price were p cents. This is the demand equation. Why is the slope m negative? d What is the p-intercept of the demand equation? What does this intercept tell you about pricing candy bars? Would you buy a candy bar from the vending machine in the hallway if the price is as indicated. Price Yes or No 50 75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00

What is interpolation when using a linear model?

The regression equation is intended to be the “best fitting” straight line for a set of data. What is the criterion for “best fitting”?

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The slope of a regression line tells you how much or little a change in your dependent variable impacts your independent variable. O TrueO False

The U.S. Postal Service is attempting to reduce the number of complaints made by the public against its workers. To facilitate this task, a staff analyst for the service regresses the number of complaints lodged against an employee last year on the hourly wage of the employee for the year.  The analyst ran a simple linear regression in SPSS.  The results are shown below.   What proportion of variation in the number of complaints can be explained by hourly wages? From the results shown above, write the regression equation If wages were increased by $1.00, what is the expected effect on the number of complaints received per employee?