Practice Sample Questions STA404
Practice Sample Questions STA404
Practice Sample Questions STA404
Practice/Sample Questions
Lecture 1 to 5
o Solve these questions yourself without any help.
o After your attempt, compare them yourself with lectures notes.
o MCQs answers are given at the end.
2. The value we would predict for the dependent variable when the independent variables are all
equal to zero is called:
a) Slope
b) Sum of residual
c) Intercept
d) Regression
3. The least square regression equation is a line that is always passing through
a) The point (X, Y)
b) The Point (Y, X)
c) The point ( X ,Y )
d) The point (Y , X )
Below is a scatter plot. Identify which one is independent and dependent variable?
By using the regression line yˆ 1.7 1.9 x , find the residual (error) values.
x y
-1 0
0 2
1 4
2 5
Using the data below, find the centroid of the data.
x y
1 10
2 8
3 12
4 16
5 20
Determine the value of slop b in the regression equation ŷ a bx by using the following
data.
X 1710; Y 760; XY 130628;
X 2 293162; n 10
In a regression analysis, we computed SSE = 23.5 and SST = 204.7. Find the value of SSR.
Fit the least square regression line of Y on X for the given data:
X Y X2 XY
1 1 1 1
2 1 4 2
3 2 9 6
4 2 16 8
5 3 25 15
Statistic Mathematics
s (X) (Y)
6 5
7 8
8 10
9 6
10 9
What values simple correlation coefficient r may assume? Interpret the meaning when r = -1
Find the correlation coefficient of X and Y from the following data and interpret the
result.
X 156, Y 168, XY 3109, X 2 3024, Y 2 3294, n 9
What information you can draw about the correlation from the following scatter plot?
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Answers for MCQs:
1 (a)
2 (c)
3 (c)
4 (a)
5 (a)