18 Oct 2021
Problem 23a
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Section 1.2: Mathematical Models: A Catalog of Essential Functions
Chapter 1: Functions and Models
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18 Oct 2021
Given information
The given table is,
To make the scatter plot the of the above table.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The below figure is Scatter plot:
This data shows an increasing trend of the heights of winning on the Olympic pole. However, this increase is not exactly linear.
On fitting a linear regression model to this data, the is measured to be 0.95.
A trendline for which the is close to 1 is the most appropriate.
In this case, a linear model is appropriate.