The production cost, £c million, of a film and the total ticket sales, £t million, earned by the film are recorded for a sample of 40 films.
Some summary statistics are given below.
∑c=1634∑t=1361∑t2=82873∑ct=83634Scc=28732.1
(a) Find the exact value of Stt and the exact value of Sct
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(b) Calculate the value of the product moment correlation coefficient for these data.
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(c) Give an interpretation of your answer to part (b)
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(d) Show that the equation of the linear regression line of t on c can be written as
t=−5.84+0.976c
where the values of the intercept and gradient are given to 3 significant figures.
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(e) Find the expected total ticket sales for a film with a production cost of £90 million.
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Using the regression line in part (d)
(f) find the range of values of the production cost of a film for which the total ticket sales are less than 80% of its production cost.