Ch 3 Flashcards

1
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Response variable

A

measures an outcome of a study

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2
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explanatory variable

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may explain or predict changes in a response variable

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3
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x and y ?

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response is y

explanatory is x

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4
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ex. blood alcohol levels and cans of beer

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response- blood alcohol levels

explanatory- cans of beer

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5
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Scatter plot

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shows the relationship between 2 quantitative variables

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6
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describe a scatter plot?

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direction - positive/negative
strength - strong/weak
form - linear/non-linear

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7
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What does R measure?

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the direction and strength of a linear relationship

- correlation coefficent

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8
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correlation R is always between?

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1 and -1

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9
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what is the weakest and what is the strongest collection of r?

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0 - weakest

-1 and 1 - strongest

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10
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how can you tell the direction from r?

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direction by the sign

- = negative correlation

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11
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how to find r on your calculator?

A

stats, calculations, linear regression (#4)

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12
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what does the correlation of zero imply?

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there is no LINEAR relationship

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13
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is a correlation a complete summary of 2 variable data?

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no

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14
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is the correlation more like the mean or median in relation to sensitivity?

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more like the mean, it is not resistant and is sensitive to outliers

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15
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true or false, a value of r close to 1 or -1 guarantees a linear relationship between 2 variables

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false

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16
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what does r collection only measure?

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only linear, it does not describe curved relationships between variables

17
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what does correlation require?

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requires both variables to be quantitative

18
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Are relationships in correlations always cause and effect?

A

no, correlation does NOT imply causation

19
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does r have a unit?

A

NEVER , r itself has no unit of measure

20
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true or false, r does not change when we change the units of measure of x, y, or both

21
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Regression line

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(Line of best fit)
Line that describes how a response variable y changes as an explanatory variable x changes, often use a regression line to predict the value of y for a given value x.

22
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Regression line is also known as?

A

Line of best fit

Model for the data (like a density curve)

23
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Regression line equation

A

Regression line relating y to x has the equation

Predicted y= a+bx

24
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What is y hat

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Predicted y value

Predicted value of response variable y for a given explanatory variable x.

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What is b?
B is the slope, amount by which y is predicted to change when x increases by 1 unit.
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What is a?
The y intercept, predicted value of y when x=0.
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Residual
Difference between an observed (actual) value of the response variable & the value predicted by the regression line. R=A-P
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Least-squares regression line
Y on x is the line that makes the sum of squared residuals as small as possible MINIMIZES THE RESIDUALS
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Residual plot
Scatter plot of the residuals against the explanatory variable, helps us assess whether a linear model is appropriate - appropriate if plot shoes no pattern, random scatter
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What are 2 ways to determine if our model is good?
Standard deviation of the residuals (s) | Coefficient of determination (r^2)
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What does s tell us? When do we use it?
When using the LSRL to predict response variable, we will typically be off by ___(s)_____. S gives us ~ size of a "typical" prediction error (How far away from actual data)
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What is r^2?
R^2 % of the variation in response variable is explained by the linear relationship between response variable and explanatory variable.