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The PQ&R Café and Grocery is a chain of small grocery stores with restaurants. The locations are grouped by type of area—rural, urban, and suburban. PQ&R collected data from all 28 of its locations on the rate of restaurant visits among its customers and the rate of large purchases in the grocery section. The results are presented in the graph. The average (arithmetic mean) rates for each group as well as the chain-wide average are represented by the horizontal and vertical lines.

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Among urban locations, there is a correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits.

The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for locations.



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Note that there is another version of the same question that uses the same stem but has different questions, so make sure you are looking up the correct version

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1. We are asked to fill in the blanks for 2 parts: "Among urban locations, there is a ___ correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits" and "The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for ___ locations".



2. Part 1. Let's mark all the urban locations and draw an estimated trend line. When the rate of large purchases increases, the rate of restaurant visits decreases. So, there is a negative correlation between the two.



3. Part 2. The range of the rate of restaurant visits in an area is the distance between the projection of the least and largest points (from that area) on the y-axis. The smallest range is the smallest distance. If we try to draw this out, we can see that the distance for the urban areas is less than the suburban and rural areas. So, the range of the rate of restaurant visits is least in urban areas.

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Among urban locations, there is a strongly negative correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits.

The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for urban locations.

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how can we know that we have to ans this question in context of distance not by rate
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1. We are asked to fill in the blanks for 2 parts: "Among urban locations, there is a ___ correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits" and "The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for ___ locations".



2. Part 1. Let's mark all the urban locations and draw an estimated trend line. When the rate of large purchases increases, the rate of restaurant visits decreases. So, there is a negative correlation between the two.



3. Part 2. The range of the rate of restaurant visits in an area is the distance between the projection of the least and largest points (from that area) on the y-axis. The smallest range is the smallest distance. If we try to draw this out, we can see that the distance for the urban areas is less than the suburban and rural areas. So, the range of the rate of restaurant visits is least in urban areas.

4. Our answer will be:

Among urban locations, there is a strongly negative correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits.

The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for urban locations.

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In part 2 I use distance as a method of comparing the ranges, I'm not replacing rates with it. You could solve the problem without this interpretation, but it's easier to look at this way.

I hoped that helped!
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how can we know that we have to ans this question in context of distance not by rate
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1. We are asked to fill in the blanks for 2 parts: "Among urban locations, there is a ___ correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits" and "The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for ___ locations".



2. Part 1. Let's mark all the urban locations and draw an estimated trend line. When the rate of large purchases increases, the rate of restaurant visits decreases. So, there is a negative correlation between the two.



3. Part 2. The range of the rate of restaurant visits in an area is the distance between the projection of the least and largest points (from that area) on the y-axis. The smallest range is the smallest distance. If we try to draw this out, we can see that the distance for the urban areas is less than the suburban and rural areas. So, the range of the rate of restaurant visits is least in urban areas.

4. Our answer will be:

Among urban locations, there is a strongly negative correlation between the rate of large purchases and the rate of restaurant visits.

The range of the rate of restaurant visits is least for urban locations.

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how can we know that we have to ans this question in context of distance not by rate

For part II,

We need the range of rate. This means we need 'Maximum value of rate - Minimum value of rate'

The minimum value of rate for rural regions (blue circles) is very low and maximum value is quite high so range will be high - about 0.7

The minimum value of rate for suburban (grey square) and urban (black triangle) regions is about the same but the maximum value of rate for suburban is very high (almost 1) so range will be higher for suburban regions.

Hence range is lowest for urban regions (about 0.4)

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