QUESTION 3 (06.07 HC)
A coach is assessing the correlation between the number of hours spent practicing and the average number of points scored in a game. The table below shows the data:
Number of hours spent practicing
(x) 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Score in the game
(y) 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29
Part A: Is there any correlation between the number of hours spent practicing and the score in the game?Justify your answer. (4 points)
Part B: Write a function which best fits the data. (3 points)
Part C: What does the slope and y-intercept of the plot indicate? (3 points)