A Consumer Psychologist Wants to Know If Shoe Size and Weight

question 20

Multiple Choice

A consumer psychologist wants to know if shoe size and weight are correlated in adult males. She measures the shoe size and asks the weight of 14 consecutive customers. They are as follows: size 9, 176 lbs.; size 7.5, 141 lbs.; size 10, 185 lbs.; size 12, 202 lbs.; size 9.5, 174 lbs.; size 10, 150 lbs.; size 10, 193 lbs.; size 10.5, 237 lbs.; size 13, 248 lbs.; size 8, 159 lbs.; size 8.5, 136 lbs.; size 9.5, 174 lbs.; size 9, 172 lbs.; and size 11, 183 lbs.
-The coefficient of determination for this problem is

• A).65
• B).81
• C).809
• D).99

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of variability that represents the mean of all squared deviation scores.

Nominal

Scale used to classify or categorize data into groups that have different names but are not related to each other in any other systematic way.

Scale of Measurement

The method or standard used to quantify the variables researchers are interested in, such as nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales.

Interval

Scale used to categorize, rank order, and arrange data so that an equal interval unit appears between each of the scores.