Deck 8: Regression Wisdom

Question 1

Which statement about re-expressing data is not true? I.Unimodal distributions that are skewed to the left will be made more symmetric by taking
The square root of the variable.
II)A curve in which the direction of the association changes from negative to positive will
Not benefit from re-expression.
III)One goal of re-expression may be to make the variability of the response variable more
Uniform.

A)I only
B)III only
C)II only
D)II and III
E)I, II, and III

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following is not a source of caution in regression between two variables?

A)subgroups with differences
B)extrapolation
C)a lurking variable
D)an outlier
E)all of these are potential problems.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which statement about correlation is true? I.Regression based on data that are summary statistics tends to result in a higher
Correlation.
II)If r = 0.95, the response variable increases as the explanatory variable increases.
III)An outlier always decreases the correlation.

A)I only
B)II only
C)III only
D)I, II, and III

Question 5

Two variables that are actually not related to each other may nonetheless have a very high correlation because they both result from some other, possibly hidden, factor.This is an
Example of

A)leverage.
B)regression.
C)an outlier.
D)a lurking variable.
E)extrapolation.

Question 6

If a data point is influential it…

A)has a small residual.
B)is guaranteed to be extreme in the vertical direction.
C)is guaranteed to be extreme in the horizontal direction.
D)will change the slope of the regression equation.
E)none of these.

Question 7

Another farmer has increased his wheat production by about the same percentage each year. His most useful predictive model is probably…

A)linear
B)exponential
C)logarithmic
D)quadratic
E)power

Question 8

Question 9

Which of the following is not a goal of re-expressing data?

A)Make the scatter in a scatterplot spread out evenly rather than following a fan shape.
B)Make the spread of several groups more alike.
C)All of these are goals of re-expressing data.
D)Make the form of a scatterplot more nearly linear.
E)Make the distribution of a variable more symmetric.

Question 10

Over the past decade a farmer has been able to increase his wheat production by about the same number of bushels each year.His most useful predictive model is probably…

A)linear
B)logarithmic
C)quadratic
D)exponential
E)power

Question 11

When using midterm exam scores to predict a student's final grade in a class, the student would prefer to have a

A)negative residual, because that means the student's final grade is lower than we would predict with the model.
B)residual equal to zero, because that means the student's final grade is exactly what we would predict with the model.
C)positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is lower than we would predict with the model.
D)positive residual, because that means the student's final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.
E)negative residual, because that means the students final grade is higher than we would predict with the model.

Question 12

A residual plot that has no pattern is a sign that…

A)the original data is straight and the regression line is a good model.
B)the original data is straight and the regression line is not a good model.
C)the model is not a good one, because there is no pattern.
D)the original data is curved and the regression line is not a good model.
E)the original data is curved and the regression line is a good model.

Question 13

A scatterplot of log(Y) vs.log(X) reveals a linear pattern with very little scatter.It is probably true that …

A)the calculator's LnReg function will model the association between X and Y.
B)the residuals plot for regression of Y on X shows a curved pattern.
C)the correlation between X and Y is near 0.
D)the correlation between X and Y is near +1.
E)the scatterplot of Y vs X shows a linear association.

Question 14

A residuals plot is useful because I.it will help us to see whether our model is appropriate.
II)it might show a pattern in the data that was hard to see in the original scatterplot.
III)it will clearly identify influential points.

A)I and II only
B)I, II, and III
C)II only
D)I only
E)I and III only

Question 15

Question 16

Linear regression was used to describe the trend in world population over time.Below is a plot of the residuals versus predicted values.What does the plot of residuals suggest?

A)An outlier is present in the data set.
B)The linearity condition is not satisfied.
C)A high leverage point is present in the data set.
D)The data are not normal.
E)The equal spread condition is not satisfied.

Question 17

Which statement about residuals plots is true? I.A curved pattern indicates nonlinear association between the variables.
II)A pattern of increasing spread indicates the predicted values become less reliable as the
Explanatory variable increases.
III)Randomness in the residuals indicates the model will predict accurately.

A)I only
B)II only
C)I, II, and III
D)I and III only
E)I and II only