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AS statistics coursework - correlation coefficient between height and weight in year 11 boys and girls
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Statistics Coursework Aim The aim of this investigation is to discover if there is a link between two variables and see whether they are dependant or independent on each other. In order to carry this out with reliable results I will need to collect suitable data which I can use statistical methods to calculate and analyse correlation coefficients and regression lines, taking into account any anomalies that may affect the correlation coefficients and regression. In this investigation I am going to look into whether or not there is a connection between the height and weight of year 11 boys and girls (I chose height and weight as my variables as I feel that they will have a strong correlation and should be dependant on each other i.e. the taller the person is the more they should weigh. I also chose the background variable of gender to see if this influences the...
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