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A sample of 8484 cars from an online information service was examined to see how

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Question

A sample of

8484

cars from an online information service was examined to see how fuel efficiency (as highway mpg) relates to the cost (manufacturer's suggested retail price in dollars) of cars. Scatterplots and computer outputs are provided in the accompanying table. Complete parts a) through c) below.

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a) State what a researcher would want to know, identify the variables, and give the appropriate hypotheses.

What would a researcher want to know?

A.

If Price causes Highway MPG to go down

B.

If there is a linear association between Price and Highway MPG in cars

C.

If Highway MPG causes Price to go up

D.

If Price causes Highway MPG to go up

E.

If Highway MPG causes Price to go down

What are the variables? Select all that apply.

A.

Highway Residual

B.

Intercept

C.

Price

D.

Highway Predicted

E.

P-Value

F.

Highway MPG

G.

Coefficient

H.

t-Ratio

What are the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses?

Upper H 0H0:

beta 00

beta 11

not equals

less than<

equals=

greater than>

nothing

Upper H Subscript Upper AHA:

beta 11

beta 00

greater than>

not equals

less than<

equals=

nothing

b) Check the assumptions and conditions.

The Quantitative Data Condition is

violated,

satisfied,

the Linearity Condition is

satisfied,

violated,

the Randomization Condition is

satisfied,

violated,

the Equal Spread Condition is

satisfied,

violated,

the Nearly Normal Condition is

violated,

satisfied,

and the Outlier Condition is

violated.

satisfied.

c) If the conditions are met, complete the analysis. Choose the correct answer below.

A.

Fail to reject

Upper H 0H0.

There is a moderately strong, positive linear relationship between efficiency and price. An increase in price of $1000 is associated, on average, with an increase of

0.220.22

highway MPG.

B.

Reject

Upper H 0H0.

There is a moderately strong, negative linear relationship between efficiency and price. An increase in price of $1000 is associated, on average, with a decrease of

0.220.22

highway MPG.

C.

Reject

Upper H 0H0.

There is a moderately strong, positive linear relationship between efficiency and price. An increase in price of $1000 is associated, on average, with an increase of

0.220.22

highway MPG.

D.

Fail to reject

Upper H 0H0.

There is no relationship between efficiency and price.

E.

Fail to reject

Upper H 0H0.

There is a moderately strong, positive linear relationship between efficiency and price. An increase in price of $1000 is associated, on average, with an increase of

0.220.22

highway MPG.

F.

Question needs grading. Grade: of 1 ptSubmit Grade Skill Builder Question Help Settings Accessibility + On-Screen Keyboard + About + 10- 40000 60000 20000 80000 MSRP Dependent variable is: Highway MPG R-squared 29.87 s 5. 292 with 84 2 82 degrees of freedom variable Coefficient SE (Coeff) t-Ratio P-value Intercept 32.9837 1.297 25.427 0.0001 0.000215 0.000036 5.910 0.0001 MSRP 30- 25- 20- 15- 8 10- 15 20 30 -10- -15 Highway Predicted

Explanation / Answer

What would a researcher want to know?

Here the researcher wants to know if "If there is a linear association between Price and Highway MPG in cars". By seeing the diagram we can say that.

If Highway MPG causes Price to go down. The variables are "Highway Residual" and "Highway Predicted" and "Highway MPG"