CAIE FP2 2013 June — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicLinear regression
TypeRelate two regression lines

9 A researcher records a random sample of \(n\) pairs of values of \(( x , y )\), giving the following summarised data. $$\Sigma x = 24 \quad \Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 160 \quad \Sigma y = 34 \quad \Sigma y ^ { 2 } = 324 \quad \Sigma x y = 192$$ The gradient of the regression line of \(y\) on \(x\) is \(- \frac { 3 } { 4 }\). Find
  1. the value of \(n\),
  2. the equation of the regression line of \(x\) on \(y\) in the form \(x = A y + B\), where \(A\) and \(B\) are constants to be determined,
  3. the product moment correlation coefficient. Another researcher records the same data in the form \(\left( x ^ { \prime } , y ^ { \prime } \right)\), where \(x ^ { \prime } = \frac { x } { k } , y ^ { \prime } = \frac { y } { k }\) and \(k\) is a constant.
    Without further calculation, state the equation of the regression line of \(x ^ { \prime }\) on \(y ^ { \prime }\).