 How to predict and how it can be used in the social and behavioral sciences  How to judge the accuracy of predictions  INTERCEPT and SLOPE functions  Multiple regression 2

 Based on the correlation, you can predict the value of one variable from the value of another.  Based on the previously collected data, calculate the correlation between these two variable, use that correlation and the value of X to predict Y  The higher the absolute value of the correlation coefficient, the more accurate the prediction is of one variable from the other based on that correlation 3

 Prediction is an activity that computes future outcomes from present ones.  When we want to predict one variable from another, we need to first compute the correlation between the two variables 4

 Linear regression  One independent variable  Multi-independent variables  Non-linear regression  Power  Exponential  Quadric  Cubic  etc 5

high school GPAFirst-year college GPA Regression line, line of best fit Y’ = bX + a 6

 Y’ = bX + a Y’ = 0.704X Y’ (read Y prime) is the predicted value of Y 7

 Y’ = bX + a  b = SLOPE(known_y's,known_x's)  a = INTERCEPT(known_y's,known_x's) high school GPAFirst-year college GPA Slope (b) intercept (a) actual valuepredicted value

 Error of estimate  Standard error of estimate  The difference between the predicated Y and real Y  Standard error of estimate is very similar to the standard deviation.  9

 You are a talent scout looking for new boxers to train. For a group of 6 pro boxers, you record their reach (inches) and the percentage of wins (wins/total*100) over his career. Create a regression equation to predict the success of a boxer given his reach 10

BoxerReach(X)Win-p(Y) A6840 B8085 C7664 D8294 E

 Making predictions from our equation  What winning percentage would you predict for “T-rex Arms” Timmy, who has a reach of 62-inches   We would predict 18.44% of Timmy’s fights to be wins 12

 Making predictions from our equation  What winning percentage would you predict for “Ape-Arms” Al, who has a reach of 84-inches?   We would predict 98.08% of Al’s fights to be wins 13

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 For a variety of reasons, a larger percentage of people are concerned today about the state of the environment than in years past. This has led to the formation of environmental action groups that attempt to alter environmental policies nationally and around the globe. A large number of environmental action groups subsist on the donations of concerned citizens. Based on the following eight countries, examine the data to determine the extent of the relationship between simply being concerned about the environment and actually giving money to environmental groups.  Could you construct a scatterplot of the two variables, placing Percentage Concerned as X-axis and Percentage Donating Money as Y-axis?  Does the relationship between the two variables seem linear? Could you model it?  Find the value of the Pearson correlation coefficient that measures the association between the two variables and offer an interpretation. 15

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