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Question 76

A scatter diagram of height against mass for 30 animals contains two distinct clusters. The animals in one cluster are juveniles and those in the other are adults. A single regression line fitted to all 30 points has strong positive correlation.

a.

Explain why fitting one regression line to all 30 animals may be misleading.

[2]
b.

Suggest a more appropriate analysis.

[1]
c.

Explain why the strong correlation does not establish that increasing an animal's mass causes it to grow taller.

[2]
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