Question

(05.07 HC)

A student is assessing the correlation between the number of workers in a factory and the number of units produced daily?

Part A: Is there any correlation between the number of workers in a factory and the number of units produced daily? Justify your answer. (4 points)
Part B: Write a function that best fits the data. (3 points)
Part C: What does the slope and y-intercept of the plot indicate? (3 points)

Answer 1

a) yes, because they both increase by the same increments each time. Tis can be represented by the equation y=5x+2

b) y=5x+2

c) The y-intercept represents the amount of units there were initially and the slope represents the amount of units for every worker.