CAIE FP2 2008 November — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2008
SessionNovember
TopicLinear regression
TypeFind means from regression lines

8 The equations of the regression lines for a random sample of 25 pairs of data \(( x , y )\) from a bivariate population are $$\begin{array} { c c } y \text { on } x : & y = 1.28 - 0.425 x ,
x \text { on } y : & x = 1.05 - 0.516 y . \end{array}$$
  1. Find the sample means, \(\bar { x }\) and \(\bar { y }\).
  2. Find the product moment correlation coefficient for the sample.
  3. Test at the \(5 \%\) significance level whether the population correlation coefficient differs from zero.