CCGPS AG 5.9.2 Example 1

The students in Ms. Swan’s class surveyed people of all ages to find out how many people in each of the age groups below exercise on a regular basis. Use your calculator to make a scatter plot of the data in the table and to find a quadratic regression of this data. Use the “Group number” column in the table to represent the age group, the [math]x[/math]-values. Graph the regression equation on top of your scatter plot.

[list=1] [*]Make a scatter plot of the data. [*]Find the quadratic regression model that best fits this data. [/list]