CAIE FP2 2018 November — Question 10

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2018
SessionNovember
TopicLinear regression
TypeRelate two regression lines

10 For a random sample of 10 observations of pairs of values \(( x , y )\), the equation of the regression line of \(y\) on \(x\) is \(y = 1.1664 + 0.4604 x\). It is given that $$\Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 1419.98 \quad \text { and } \quad \Sigma y ^ { 2 } = 439.68 .$$ The mean value of \(y\) is 6.24 .
  1. Find the equation of the regression line of \(x\) on \(y\).
  2. Find the product moment correlation coefficient.
  3. Test at the \(5 \%\) significance level whether there is evidence of positive correlation between the two variables.