Dem bones Archaeopteryx is an extinct beast having feathers like a bird but teeth and a long bony tail like a reptile. Only six fossil specimens are known. Because these specimens differ greatly in...

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Dem bones Archaeopteryx is an extinct beast having feathers like a bird but teeth and a long bony tail like a reptile. Only six fossil specimens are known. Because these specimens differ greatly in size, some scientists think they are different species rather than individuals from the same species. We will examine some data. If the specimens belong to the same species and differ in size because some are younger than others, there should be a positive linear relationship between the lengths of a pair of bones from all individuals. An outlier from this relationship would suggest a different species. Here are data on the lengths in centimeters of the femur (a leg bone) and the humerus (a bone in the upper arm) for the five specimens that preserve both bones:10

(a) Make a scatterplot. Do you think that all five specimens come from the same species? Explain.


(b) Find the correlation r step by step, using the formula on page 154. Explain how your value for r matches your graph in part (a).




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Following is the scatter plot
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We think that all five specimens are from same species because there is no
outlier visible, all 5 points are lining up to create a straight line pattern. We
can conclude form graph that there must be a strong linear upward relationship
between the two variables,...
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