6 During a study of reaction times, each of a random sample of 12 people, aged between 40 and 80 years, was asked to react as quickly as possible to a stimulus displayed on a computer screen.
Their ages, \(x\) years, and reaction times, \(y\) milliseconds, are shown in the table.
| Person | Age ( \(\boldsymbol { x }\) years) | Reaction time ( \(y \mathrm {~ms}\) ) |
| A | 41 | 520 |
| B | 54 | 750 |
| C | 66 | 650 |
| D | 72 | 920 |
| E | 71 | 280 |
| F | 57 | 620 |
| G | 60 | 740 |
| H | 47 | 950 |
| I | 77 | 970 |
| J | 65 | 780 |
| K | 51 | 550 |
| L | 59 | 730 |
- Calculate the equation of the least squares regression line of \(y\) on \(x\).
- Draw your regression line on the scatter diagram on page 16.
- Comment on what this reveals.
- It was later discovered that the reaction times for persons E and H had been recorded incorrectly. The values should have been 820 and 590 respectively.
After making these corrections, computations gave
$$S _ { x x } = 1272 \quad S _ { x y } = 14760 \quad \bar { x } = 60 \quad \bar { y } = 720$$
- Using the symbol ⋅ , plot the correct values for persons E and H on the scatter diagram on page 16.
- Recalculate the equation of the least squares regression line of \(y\) on \(x\), and draw this regression line on the scatter diagram on page 16.
- Hence revise as necessary your comments in part (b)(ii).
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