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Date November 2018 Marks available 2 Reference code 18N.2.SL.TZ0.S_2
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Estimate Question number S_2 Adapted from N/A

Question

The following table shows the hand lengths and the heights of five athletes on a sports team.

The relationship between x and y can be modelled by the regression line with equation y = ax + b.

Another athlete on this sports team has a hand length of 21.5 cm. Use the regression equation to estimate the height of this athlete.

Markscheme

substituting x = 21.5 into their equation       (M1)

eg    9.91(21.5) − 31.3

181.755

182 (cm)       A1 N2

 

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.4—Pearsons, scatter diagrams, eqn of y on x
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