CAIE FP2 2014 November — Question 9

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2014
SessionNovember
TopicLinear regression
TypeCalculate y on x from raw data table

9 A random sample of 10 pairs of values of \(x\) and \(y\) is given in the following table.
\(x\)466827121495
\(y\)24686109865
  1. Find the equation of the regression line of \(y\) on \(x\).
  2. Find the product moment correlation coefficient for the sample.
  3. Find the estimated value of \(y\) when \(x = 10\), and comment on the reliability of this estimate.
  4. Another sample of \(N\) pairs of data from the same population has the same product moment correlation coefficient as the first sample given. A test, at the \(1 \%\) significance level, on this second sample indicates that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that there is positive correlation. Find the set of possible values of \(N\).