Height Vs GPA

BY: Adam Kirk, Luke LaBrasca, and Zach

Garman
 Introduction

We are measuring people's height to see if there is any correlation between height and GPA.
Our hypothesis is; As height increases then GPA decreases with a strong negative correlation.
We used a census to gather our information. A census is a sample survey that tries to include the
entire population in the sample.
 Data Set

Population is the entire group of individuals being studied. Our population is all high School
students. Sample is a part of the population from which we actually collect data. Our sample
would be all high school students that were surveyed. Variable is any characteristic of an
individual. Our explanatory variable would be height and our response variable would be GPA.
We chose height as our explanatory and GPA as our response because a person's GPA depends
on their height.
 Data table
We chose to put height on the
bottom because we think that height
affects a person’s GPA.
 Graph

Outliers (61,2.6), (68,2.4), (66,2.8),

(70,2.8),

They are outliers because they do

not follow the line of best fit
closely. They are outliers because
there GPA and height do not fit on
the line of best fit.
 R and R2

Correlation describes the strength and direction of a straight line relationship. Our correlation value
would be; If r=-.147, the correlation is negative meaning as Height increase GPA decreases. The
correlation of -.147 means the correlation is weak meaning the correlation is invalid. Since r=-.147, r2 =
.022 meaning any prediction has a 2.2% variation. Coefficient of Determination is variation in the values
of y that is explained by the least squares regression line of Y on X. Our Coefficient of Determination is
0.022. The variation is 2.2% of students and the relationship between their height and GPA.
 Our Prediction

Regression line is straight line that predicts the y value for given x. Our regression line is
y=-0.016x+4.584. y=-0.016(61)+4.584
y= -0.976 + 4.584
y=3.608
If you have you have a GPA 3.6 of then we predict that you will be 61 inches tall with a 2.2%
variation. Our prediction is invalid because a 2.2% variation is weak and shows little to no correlation.
 Lurking Variable

Lurking variable is a variable that has an important effect on their relationship among variables but is
not one of the expanding variables. Our lurking variables would be (2.4,68),and (2.6, 61). They would be
direct because they are affected by the X variable.
 Conclusion

Our hypothesis was; As height increases, then GPA decreases with a strong negative correlation. Our
hypothesis was invalid. The correlation is -.147 and is weak. Our hypothesis is invalid because the
correlation between GPA and height do not have an influence on each other. We were wrong because, in
our prediction we said that it will decrease with a strong negative correlation when it really decreased
with a weak negative correlation.
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