Anthropologists use known relationships between the height and length of a woman’s humerus bone, the bone between the elbow and the shoulder, to estimate a height. woman’s Humerus Length (cm) 35 27 30 33 25 39 27 31 Height (cm) 167 146 154 165 140 180 149 155 Step 1 Use your calculator to create a scatter plot of the data Sketch below. Label your axes Name: ___________ Step 2 Describe the correlation of the data. Name: ___________ Step 3 Use your calculator to find a linear model for the data. Name: ___________ Step 4 Based on the model, predict the height of a women with a humerus length of 32 cm. Name: ___________ Step 5 Based on the model, predict the humerus length of a 185 cm woman. Name: ___________
Anthropologists use known relationships between the height and length of a woman’s humerus bone, the bone between the elbow and the shoulder, to estimate a woman’s height. Humerus Length (cm) 35 27 30 33 25 39 27 31 Height (cm) 167 146 154 165 140 180 149 155 Step 1 Name: ___________ Use your calculator to create a scatter plot of the data Sketch below. Label your axes Step 2 Name: ___________ Describe the correlation of the data. Step 3 Name: ___________ Use your calculator to find a linear model for the data. Step 4 Name: ___________ Based on the model, predict the height of a women with a humerus length of 32 cm. Step 5 Name: ___________ Based on the model, predict the humerus length of a 185 cm woman.
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