Corr and Reg

Chapter 9
Correlation and
Regression
§ 9.1
Correlation
Correlation
A correlation is a relationship between two variables. The
data can be represented by the ordered pairs (x, y) where
x is the independent (or explanatory) variable, and y is
the dependent (or response) variable.
A scatter plot can be used to y
determine whether a linear 2

(straight line) correlation exists
between two variables. x
Example: 2 4 6
x 1 2 3 4 5 –2
y –4 –2 –1 0 2
–4
Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 3
Linear Correlation
y y
As x increases, As x increases,
y tends to y tends to
decrease. increase.
x x
Negative Linear Correlation Positive Linear Correlation
y y
x x
No Correlation Nonlinear Correlation
Correlation Coefficient
The correlation coefficient is a measure of the strength
and the direction of a linear relationship between two
variables. The symbol r represents the sample correlation
coefficient. The formula for r is
n  xy   x  y 
r .
n  x 2   x  n  y 2   y 
2 2
The range of the correlation coefficient is 1 to 1. If x and

y have a strong positive linear correlation, r is close to 1.
If x and y have a strong negative linear correlation, r is
close to 1. If there is no linear correlation or a weak
linear correlation, r is close to 0.

Linear Correlation
y
y
r = 0.91 r = 0.88
x
x
Strong negative correlation
Strong positive correlation
y
y
r = 0.42
r = 0.07
x
x
Weak positive correlation
Nonlinear Correlation
Calculating a Correlation Coefficient
Calculating a Correlation Coefficient
In Words In Symbols
1. Find the sum of the x-values. x
2. Find the sum of the y-values. y
3. Multiply each x-value by its  xy
corresponding y-value and find the
sum.
4. Square each x-value and find the sum. x 2
5. Square each y-value and find the sum. y2
6. Use these five sums to calculate r
n  xy   x  y 
.
the correlation coefficient. n  x   x 
2 2
n  y   y 
2 2
Continued.
Example:
Calculate the correlation coefficient r for the following data.
x y xy x2 y2
1 –3 –3 1 9
2 –1 –2 4 1
3 0 0 9 0
4 1 4 16 1
5 2 10 25 4
 x  15  y  1  xy  9  x 2  55  y 2  15
n  xy   x  y  5(9)  15 1

r 
n  x 2   x  n  y 2   y  5(55)  152 5(15)  1
2 2 2
60 There is a strong positive

  0.986
50 74 linear correlation between
x and y.
Example:
The following data represents the number of hours 12
different students watched television during the
weekend and the scores of each student who took a test
the following Monday.
a.) Display the scatter plot.
b.) Calculate the correlation coefficient r.
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
Continued.
Example continued:
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
y
100
80
Test score
60
40
20
x
2 4 6 8 10
Hours watching TV
Continued.
Example continued:
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
xy 0 85 164 222 285 340 380 420 348 455 525 500
x2 0 1 4 9 9 25 25 25 36 49 49 100
y2 9216 7225 6724 5476 9025 4624 5776 7056 3364 4225 5625 2500
 x  54  y  908  xy  3724  x 2  332  y 2  70836
n  xy   x  y  12(3724)  54 908

r   0.831
n  x   x  n  y   y  12(70836)  908
2 2 2 2 2 2
12(332)  54
There is a strong negative linear correlation.

As the number of hours spent watching TV increases,
the test scores tend to decrease.
Testing a Population Correlation Coefficient
Once the sample correlation coefficient r has been calculated,
we need to determine whether there is enough evidence to
decide that the population correlation coefficient ρ is
significant at a specified level of significance.
One way to determine this is to use Table 11 in Appendix B.
If |r| is greater than the critical value, there is enough
evidence to decide that the correlation coefficient ρ is
significant.
n  = 0.05  = 0.01
For a sample of size n = 6,
4 0.950 0.990
ρ is significant at the 5%
5 0.878 0.959
significance level, if |r| >
6 0.811 0.917
0.811.
7 0.754 0.875
Finding the Correlation Coefficient ρ
In Words In Symbols
1. Determine the number of Determine n.
pairs of data in the sample.
2. Specify the level of Identify .
significance.
3. Find the critical value. Use Table 11 in Appendix B.
4. Decide if the correlation is If |r| > critical value, the
significant. correlation is significant.
Otherwise, there is not enough
5. Interpret the decision in the
evidence to support that the
context of the original claim.
correlation is significant.

Example:
The correlation coefficient r  0.831.
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
Is the correlation coefficient significant at  = 0.01?
Continued.
Example continued: Appendix B: Table 11
r  0.831 n  = 0.05  = 0.01
4 0.950 0.990
n = 12
5 0.878 0.959
 = 0.01 6 0.811 0.917
10 0.632 0.765
11 0.602 0.735
12 0.576 0.708 |r| > 0.708
13 0.553 0.684
Because, the population correlation is significant, there is enough
evidence at the 1% level of significance to conclude that there is a
significant linear correlation between the number of hours of
television watched during the weekend and the scores of each
student who took a test the following Monday.
Hypothesis Testing for ρ
A hypothesis test can also be used to determine whether the
sample correlation coefficient r provides enough evidence to
conclude that the population correlation coefficient ρ is
significant at a specified level of significance.
A hypothesis test can be one tailed or two tailed.
H0: ρ  0 (no significant negative correlation)
Left-tailed test
Ha: ρ < 0 (significant negative correlation)
H0: ρ  0 (no significant positive correlation)

Ha: ρ > 0 (significant positive correlation)
Right-tailed test
H0: ρ = 0 (no significant correlation)

Two-tailed test
Ha: ρ  0 (significant correlation)
The t-Test for the Correlation Coefficient

A t-test can be used to test whether the correlation
between two variables is significant. The test statistic
is r and the standardized test statistic
t r  r
σr 1 r2
n 2
follows a t-distribution with n – 2 degrees of freedom.
In this text, only two-tailed hypothesis tests for ρ are

considered.

Using the t-Test for the Correlation Coefficient ρ
In Words In Symbols
1. State the null and alternative State H0 and Ha.
hypothesis.
2. Specify the level of Identify .
significance.
3. Identify the degrees of d.f. = n – 2
freedom.
4. Determine the critical Use Table 5 in Appendix B.
value(s) and rejection
region(s).

Using the t-Test for the Correlation Coefficient ρ
In Words In Symbols
5. Find the standardized test t r
statistic. 1 r2
n 2
6. Make a decision to reject or If t is in the rejection

fail to reject the null region, reject H0.
hypothesis. Otherwise fail to reject
H0.
7. Interpret the decision in the
context of the original claim.

Example:
The correlation coefficient r  0.831.
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
Test the significance of this correlation coefficient

significant at  = 0.01?
Continued.
Example continued:
H0: ρ = 0 (no correlation) Ha: ρ  0 (significant correlation)
The level of significance is  = 0.01.
Degrees of freedom are d.f. = 12 – 2 = 10.
The critical values are t0 = 3.169 and t0 = 3.169.
The standardized test statistic is
t r 
0.831 The test statistic falls in
2 2
1 r 1  (0.831) the rejection region, so
n 2 12  2 H0 is rejected.
 4.72.
t
t0 = 3.169 0 t0 = 3.169
At the 1% level of significance, there is enough evidence to conclude that

there is a significant linear correlation between the number of hours of
TV watched over the weekend and the test scores on Monday morning.
Correlation and Causation
The fact that two variables are strongly correlated does
not in itself imply a cause-and-effect relationship
between the variables.
If there is a significant correlation between two
variables, you should consider the following possibilities.
1. Is there a direct cause-and-effect relationship between the variables?
Does x cause y?
2. Is there a reverse cause-and-effect relationship between the variables?
Does y cause x?
3. Is it possible that the relationship between the variables can be
caused by a third variable or by a combination of several other
variables?
4. Is it possible that the relationship between two variables may be a
coincidence?

§ 9.2
Linear Regression
Residuals
After verifying that the linear correlation between two
variables is significant, next we determine the equation of
the line that can be used to predict the value of y for a
given value of x.
Observed
y
y-value
d2 For a given x-value,

d1
d = (observed y-value) – (predicted y-value)
Predicted d
3
y-value
x
Each data point di represents the difference between the
observed y-value and the predicted y-value for a given x-
value on the line. These differences are called residuals.
Regression Line
A regression line, also called a line of best fit, is the line
for which the sum of the squares of the residuals is a
minimum.
The Equation of a Regression Line
The equation of a regression line for an independent variable
x and a dependent variable y is
ŷ = mx + b
where ŷ is the predicted y-value for a given x-value. The
slope m and y-intercept b are given by
n  xy   x  y  y x
m and b  y  mx   m
n  x 2   x 
2 n n
where y is the mean of the y - values and x is the mean of the
x - values. The regression line always passes through (x , y ).

Regression Line
Example:
Find the equation of the regression line.
x y xy x2 y2
1 –3 –3 1 9
2 –1 –2 4 1
3 0 0 9 0
4 1 4 16 1
5 2 10 25 4
 x  15  y  1  xy  9  x 2  55  y 2  15
n  xy   x  y  5(9)  151 60

m    1.2
n  x   x 
2 2
5(55)  15
2 50
Continued.
Regression Line
Example continued:
1 15
b  y  mx   (1.2)  3.8
5 5
The equation of the regression line is
ŷ = 1.2x – 3.8. y
2
1
x
1 2 3 4 5
 
1
1
2 (x , y )  3,
5
3

Regression Line
Example:
a.) Find the equation of the regression line.
b.) Use the equation to find the expected test score
for a student who watches 9 hours of TV.
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
xy 0 85 164 222 285 340 380 420 348 455 525 500
x2 0 1 4 9 9 25 25 25 36 49 49 100
y2 9216 7225 6724 5476 9025 4624 5776 7056 3364 4225 5625 2500
 x  54  y  908  xy  3724  x 2  332  y 2  70836

Regression Line
Example continued:
n  xy   x  y  12(3724)  54908
m   4.067
n  x   x  12(332)  54
2 2 2
y
b  y  mx
908 54
100 (x , y )  1254 , 908
12 
 4.5,75.7
  (4.067) 80
12 12
Test score 60
 93.97
40
ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97 20
x
2 4 6 8 10
Hours watching TV
Continued.
Regression Line
Example continued:
Using the equation ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97, we can predict
the test score for a student who watches 9 hours of TV.
ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97
= –4.07(9) + 93.97
= 57.34
A student who watches 9 hours of TV over the weekend

can expect to receive about a 57.34 on Monday’s test.

§ 9.3
Measures of
Regression and
Prediction Intervals
Variation About a Regression Line
To find the total variation, you must first calculate the
total deviation, the explained deviation, and the
unexplained deviation.
Total deviation  y i  y
Explained deviation  yˆ i  y
Unexplained deviation  y i  yˆ i
y (x i , y i )
Unexplained
Total deviation
y i  yˆ i
deviation
yi  y
(x i , ŷ i ) Explained
y deviation
(x i , y i ) yˆ i  y
x
x
Variation About a Regression Line
The total variation about a regression line is the sum of the
squares of the differences between the y-value of each ordered
pair and the mean of y.
Total variation   y i  y 
2
The explained variation is the sum of the squares of the

differences between each predicted y-value and the mean of y.
Explained variation   yˆ i  y 
2
The unexplained variation is the sum of the squares of the

differences between the y-value of each ordered pair and each
corresponding predicted y-value.
Unexplained variation   y i  yˆ i 
2
Total variation  Explained variation  Unexplained variation

Coefficient of Determination
The coefficient of determination r2 is the ratio of the
explained variation to the total variation. That is,
r 2  Explained variation
Total variation
Example:
The correlation coefficient for the data that represents
the number of hours students watched television and the
test scores of each student is r  0.831. Find the
coefficient of determination.
r 2  (0.831)2 About 69.1% of the variation in the test
scores can be explained by the variation
 0.691
in the hours of TV watched. About 30.9%
of the variation is unexplained.

The Standard Error of Estimate
When a ŷ-value is predicted from an x-value, the prediction
is a point estimate.
An interval can also be constructed.
The standard error of estimate se is the standard deviation

of the observed yi -values about the predicted ŷ-value for a
given xi -value. It is given by
( y i  yˆ i )2
se 
n 2
where n is the number of ordered pairs in the data set.
The closer the observed y-values are to the predicted y-values,

the smaller the standard error of estimate will be.
Finding the Standard Error of Estimate
In Words In Symbols
1. Make a table that includes the x i , y i , yˆ i , ( y i  yˆ i ),
column heading shown. ( y i  yˆ i )2
2. Use the regression equation to yˆ  mx i  b
calculate the predicted y-values.
3. Calculate the sum of the squares ( y i  yˆ i )2
of the differences between each
observed y-value and the
corresponding predicted y-value.
4. Find the standard error of ( y i  yˆ i )2
estimate. se 
n 2

Example:
The regression equation for the following data is
ŷ = 1.2x – 3.8.
Find the standard error of estimate.
xi yi ŷi (yi – ŷi )2
1 –3 – 2.6 0.16
2 –1 – 1.4 0.16
3 0 – 0.2 0.04
4 1 1 0
5 2 2.2 0.04
Unexplained
  0.4
variation
( y i  yˆ i )2 0.4
se    0.365
n 2 52
The standard deviation of the predicted y value for a given
x value is about 0.365.
Example:
The regression equation for the data that represents the
number of hours 12 different students watched television
during the weekend and the scores of each student who
took a test the following Monday is
ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97.
Find the standard error of estimate.
Hours, xi 0 1 2 3 3 5
Test score, yi 96 85 82 74 95 68
ŷi 93.97 89.9 85.83 81.76 81.76 73.62
(yi – ŷi)2 4.12 24.01 14.67 60.22 175.3 31.58
Hours, xi 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, yi 76 84 58 65 75 50
ŷi 73.62 73.62 69.55 65.48 65.48 53.27
(yi – ŷi)2 5.66 107.74 133.4 0.23 90.63 10.69 Continued.
Example continued:
( y i  yˆ i )2  658.25
Unexplained
variation
( y i  yˆ i )2 658.25  8.11
se  
n 2 12  2
The standard deviation of the student test scores for a

specific number of hours of TV watched is about 8.11.

Two variables have a bivariate normal distribution if for
any fixed value of x, the corresponding values of y are
normally distributed and for any fixed values of y, the
corresponding x-values are normally distributed.
A prediction interval can be constructed for the true value
of y.
Given a linear regression equation ŷ = mx + b and x0, a
specific value of x, a c-prediction interval for y is
ŷ–E<y<ŷ +E
where
1 n(x 0  x )2
E  tc se 1   .
n n  x 2  ( x )2
The point estimate is ŷ and the margin of error is E. The
probability that the prediction interval contains y is c.
Construct a Prediction Interval for y for a Specific Value of x
In Words In Symbols
1. Identify the number of ordered d.f.  n  2
pairs in the data set n and the
degrees of freedom.
2. Use the regression equation and yˆ  mx i  b
the given x-value to find the point
estimate ŷ.
3. Find the critical value tc that Use Table 5 in
corresponds to the given level of Appendix B.
confidence c.
Continued.
Construct a Prediction Interval for y for a Specific Value of x
In Words In Symbols
4. Find the standard error ( y i  yˆ i )2
of estimate se. se 
n 2
5. Find the margin of error E. n(x 0  x )2

1
E  tc s e 1  
n n  x 2  ( x )2
6. Find the left and right Left endpoint: ŷ – E

endpoints and form the Right endpoint: ŷ + E
prediction interval. Interval: ŷ – E < y < ŷ + E

Example:
Hours, x 0 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 10
Test score, y 96 85 82 74 95 68 76 84 58 65 75 50
ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97 se  8.11
Construct a 95% prediction interval for the test

scores when 4 hours of TV are watched.
Continued.
Example continued:
Construct a 95% prediction interval for the test scores
when the number of hours of TV watched is 4.
There are n – 2 = 12 – 2 = 10 degrees of freedom.
The point estimate is
ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97 = –4.07(4) + 93.97 = 77.69.
The critical value tc = 2.228, and se = 8.11.
ŷ–E<y< ŷ+E
77.69 – 8.11 = 69.58 77.69+ 8.11 = 85.8
You can be 95% confident that when a student watches 4
hours of TV over the weekend, the student’s test grade will
be between 69.58 and 85.8.
§ 9.4
Multiple Regression
Multiple Regression Equation
In many instances, a better prediction can be found for a
dependent (response) variable by using more than one
independent (explanatory) variable.
For example, a more accurate prediction of Monday’s test grade
from the previous section might be made by considering the
number of other classes a student is taking as well as the
student’s previous knowledge of the test material.
A multiple regression equation has the form
ŷ = b + m1x1 + m2x2 + m3x3 + … + mkxk
where x1, x2, x3,…, xk are independent variables, b is the
y-intercept, and y is the dependent variable.
* Because the mathematics associated with this concept is
complicated, technology is generally used to calculate the multiple
regression equation.
Predicting y-Values
After finding the equation of the multiple regression line, you
can use the equation to predict y-values over the range of the data.
Example:
The following multiple regression equation can be used to predict
the annual U.S. rice yield (in pounds).
ŷ = 859 + 5.76x1 + 3.82x2
where x1 is the number of acres planted (in thousands), and x2 is
the number of acres harvested (in thousands).
(Source: U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service)
a.) Predict the annual rice yield when x1 = 2758, and x2 = 2714.
b.) Predict the annual rice yield when x1 = 3581, and x2 = 3021.
Continued.
Predicting y-Values
Example continued:
a.) ŷ = 859 + 5.76x1 + 3.82x2

= 859 + 5.76(2758) + 3.82(2714)
= 27,112.56
The predicted annual rice yield is 27,1125.56 pounds.
b.) ŷ = 859 + 5.76x1 + 3.82x2

= 859 + 5.76(3581) + 3.82(3021)
= 33,025.78
The predicted annual rice yield is 33,025.78 pounds.

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Chapter 9

determine whether a linear 2

The range of the correlation coefficient is 1 to 1. If x and

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 5

n  xy   x  y  5(9)  15 1

60 There is a strong positive

 x  54  y  908  xy  3724  x 2  332  y 2  70836

n  xy   x  y  12(3724)  54 908

There is a strong negative linear correlation.

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 13

Is the correlation coefficient significant at  = 0.01?

H0: ρ  0 (no significant positive correlation)

H0: ρ = 0 (no significant correlation)

The t-Test for the Correlation Coefficient

In this text, only two-tailed hypothesis tests for ρ are

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 17

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 18

6. Make a decision to reject or If t is in the rejection

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 19

The correlation coefficient r  0.831.

Test the significance of this correlation coefficient

At the 1% level of significance, there is enough evidence to conclude that

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 22

d2 For a given x-value,

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 25

n  xy   x  y  5(9)  151 60

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 27

 x  54  y  908  xy  3724  x 2  332  y 2  70836

A student who watches 9 hours of TV over the weekend

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 30

The explained variation is the sum of the squares of the

The unexplained variation is the sum of the squares of the

Total variation  Explained variation  Unexplained variation

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 33

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 34

The standard error of estimate se is the standard deviation

The closer the observed y-values are to the predicted y-values,

Larson & Farber, Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, 3e 36

The standard deviation of the student test scores for a

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5. Find the margin of error E. n(x 0  x )2

6. Find the left and right Left endpoint: ŷ – E

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ŷ = –4.07x + 93.97 se  8.11

Construct a 95% prediction interval for the test

a.) ŷ = 859 + 5.76x1 + 3.82x2

b.) ŷ = 859 + 5.76x1 + 3.82x2

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