Perform a linear correlation study on the highest paidbasketball players for the 2018-19 season. What is the correlationbetween the average points they score per game and theirsalary?
Players | Points (x) | Pay ( Million) (y) |
Stephen Curry | 27.3 | 37.5 |
LeBron James | 27.4 | 35.6 |
Chris Paul | 15.6 | 35.6 |
Russell Westbrook | 22.9 | 35.6 |
Blake Griffin | 24.5 | 32.1 |
Gordon Hayward | 11.5 | 31.2 |
Kyle Lowry | 14.2 | 31.2 |
Paul George | 28.0 | 30.6 |
Mike Conley | 21.1 | 30.5 |
James Harden | 36.1 | 30.4 |
Kevin Durant | 26 | 30.0 |
Paul Millsap | 12.6 | 29.2 |
Al Horford | 13.6 | 28.9 |
Damien Lilard | 25.8 | 28.0 |
DeMar DeRozan | 21.2 | 27.7 |
Otto Parker | 13.9 | 26.0 |
Jrue Holiday | 21.2 | 26.0 |
C.J. McCollum | 21.0 | 25.7 |
Joel Embiid | 27.5 | 25.5 |
Andrew Wiggins | 18.1 | 25.5 |
1) what is the linear regression equation and line and interpretthe slope and y-intercept
2) Find the correlation coefficient of the data and interpretthe correlation coefficient
3) Summarize the statistical results
