Summary

Keep in mind, there is a difference between the strength of the relationship and the strength of evidence against the null hypothesis...

Technology Skills learned in this lab

  • Generating a scatterplot
  • Calculating the correlation coefficient
  • Determining the least squares regression line
  • Obtaining the test statistic and p-value for testing Ho: beta= 0 vs. Ha: beta not equal 0
  • Approximating a 95% confidence interval for a population slope

Statistics Skills learned in this lab

  • Describing a scatterplot in terms of direction, strength, and form
  • Evaluating a correlation coefficient
  • Interpretating the coefficients (intercept and slope) in a regression equation
  • Interpreting the standard error of a regression slope
  • Interpreting and evaluating a p-value in the regression setting
  • Interpreting a confidence interval for a population slope

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