Regressive Ideas
Guess the Function
Charting Ahead
Algebra Aerobics
Systematically
100

This number tells you how well an approximation fits the set of data.

What is the correlation coefficient (R^2)?

100

This type of function is characterized by a constant rate of change.

What is a linear function?

100

This type of chart is drawn as a circle with "slices" representing relative frequencies of data.

What is a pie chart?

100

The value of x when 10/x=2.

What is 5?

100

These kinds of lines do not have a simultaneous solution.

What are parallel lines?

200

Positively correlated data could be described in this way.

What is increasing? (Answers may vary)

200

This linear function contains the points (0,3) and (4,3).

What is y=3?

200

This type of chart consists of independent data points plotted on a 2-dimensional plane.

What is a scatter plot?

200

A value of x when x^2 = 9.

What is 3 or -3?

200

This solution method works by scaling and then adding the equations together to hopefully simplify and remove a variable.

What is Elimination?

300

The slope of a linear regression line for the following data.

(1,0), (1.1,.2), (1.2,.5), (1.4,1), (1.55,1.2)

What is m=2.275?

300

This linear function contains the points (1,2) and (2,4).

What is y=2x?

300

This type of chart consists of boxes where the height of a box represents the number of observations of the corresponding variable.

What is a bar chart?

300

The value of y when y = x^2+2x and x=3.

What is y= 15?

300

The solution to the system of equations

y=2x+1

x+y=4

What is (1,3) or x=1, y=3?

400

The correlation coefficient for the following data.

(1,0), (1.1,.2), (1.2,.5), (1.4,1), (1.55,1.2)

What is r=0.9938 or R^2=.9877?

400

This linear function contains the points (0,5) and (10,0).

What is y=-1/2x+5?

400

This type of chart consists of boxes where the height of a box is determined by how many observations fall into a particular numerical range.

What is a histogram?

400

The value of 1/sqrt(x) when x=16.

What is 1/4?

400

The solution to the system of equations

x+2y=8

3x-2y=8

What is (4,2) or x=4, y=2?

500

The output corresponding to an input of x=1.3 for the linear regression line for the following data.

(1,0), (1.1,.2), (1.2,.5), (1.4,1), (1.55,1.2)

What is y=0.69375?

500

This linear function contains the points (1,1), (2,3), and (3,5).

What is y=2x-1?

500

**DAILY DOUBLE**

**DAILY DOUBLE**

500

The values of x when x^2-3x+4=0.

What is x=4 and x=-1?

500

The solution to the system of equations

3x+2y=5

6x+4y=12

What is DNE?