One of Your Classmates Is Reading Through the Program for Friday

question 23

Essay

One of your classmates is reading through the program for Friday night's football game.Among other things, the program lists the players' positions and their weights. Yourclassmate comments, "There is a strong correlation between a player''s position and their weight."
a. Explain why your classmate's statement is in error.
b. What other variable might be listed in the program that could be used to correctlyidentify a correlation with weight?

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or changed to observe their effect on dependent variables, helping to determine causal relationships.

Specific Risk

The risk associated with individual securities or businesses, distinct from overall market risk, that can be mitigated through diversification.

Standard Error

A statistical term that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation.

Regression Line

A straight line that best fits the data points in a scatter plot, showing the relationship between two variables.