by BlastRoom
Computing a residual, reading its sign, and judging a model from the pattern in its residual plot.
#probability_and_statistics

40 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.

The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
A bakery models flour use in kilograms from loaves baked by . For 120 loaves, actual flour use was 57.9 kilograms. Compute the residual.
A greenhouse line predicts seedling height in centimeters from days by . After 18 days, a seedling was 24.1 centimeters tall. What is the residual?
A swim coach predicts 100-meter time in seconds from practices by . After 40 practices, a swimmer's actual time was 56.8 seconds. Find the residual.
A cafeteria predicts food waste in kilograms from meals served by . On a day with 600 meals, actual waste was 18.6 kilograms. Compute the residual.
A courier line predicts delivery time in minutes from distance in kilometers by . For a 7-kilometer trip, actual time was 20.3 minutes. What residual results?
A lab predicts battery life in hours from room temperature in degrees Celsius by . At 15 °C, actual life was 9.6 hours. Compute the residual.
A garden line predicts bean yield in kilograms from fertilizer in grams by . With 50 grams of fertilizer, actual yield was 5.1 kilograms. Find the residual.
A teacher predicts test score from study hours by . A student who studied 5 hours scored 88 points. What is the residual?
A printer shop predicts pages per minute from printer age in months by . A 15-month-old printer ran at 23.6 pages per minute. Compute the residual.
An aquarium model predicts pH from carbon dioxide in mg/L by . At 20 mg/L, the actual pH was 7.7. What is the residual?
An orchard predicts apple mass in grams from diameter in centimeters by . For a 7-centimeter apple, actual mass was 139 grams. Compute the residual.
A trainer predicts water refill in milliliters from practice time in minutes by . After 45 minutes, an athlete refilled 465 milliliters. Find the residual.
A residual plot for heating cost from outdoor temperature shows one March household at 4 °C with a residual 18 dollars below zero. What does that residual mean?

In a residual plot for tomato mass from hours of sunlight, the 8-hour plant sits 3.2 kilograms above zero. What does that say about that plant?

A bus commute residual plot has the 6-kilometer rider 5 minutes below the zero line. Interpret that residual in context.

A lab residual plot for poured volume from pour time shows the 12-second pour 12 milliliters above zero. What is true for that pour?

A residual plot for race time from weekly training distance places one runner 0.6 seconds below zero. What does the negative residual show?

A quiz score residual plot shows a student who studied 3 hours at 4 points above zero. What does that point mean?

A snack nutrition residual plot has a 40-gram serving 7 grams below zero for sugar content. What is the correct interpretation?

A classroom temperature residual plot shows 14:00 at 1.5 °C above zero. What does this residual tell you?

A residual plot predicts commute time in minutes from distance in kilometers. The 9-kilometer commuter has actual time 41 minutes and residual +6 minutes. What time was predicted?

A residual plot predicts plant height in centimeters from days. For the 30-day plant, actual height is 52 centimeters and residual is -4 centimeters. What height was predicted?

A factory residual plot predicts bottle fill in milliliters from machine speed. A 70-bottle-per-minute run filled 496 milliliters with residual +8 milliliters. What was predicted?

A residual plot predicts cycling energy in kilocalories from ride distance. At 18 kilometers, actual energy is 320 kilocalories and residual is -25 kilocalories. What was predicted?

A pond model residual plot predicts nitrate level in mg/L from rainfall. At 6 centimeters of rain, actual nitrate is 7.4 mg/L and residual is +1.1 mg/L. Find the prediction.

A residual plot predicts reading score from pages read. A student who read 90 pages scored 76 points, with residual -9 points. What score did the line predict?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts the temperature of cooling tea. What does the pattern of the residuals suggest?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts quiz score from study time. How should the line be judged?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts fuel used in liters from trip distance. What is the concern?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts shoe sales from temperature. What does this show?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts plant growth from fertilizer amount. What should be checked?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts stopping distance from speed. What does the pattern suggest?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts package mass from volume. The fitted masses run from 1 to 8 kilograms. What conclusion fits the plot?

Use the residual plot for a line that predicts stream flow from rainfall. What is indicated?

A store model predicts weekly sales of 68.2 hundred dollars, and the residual is -5.6 hundred dollars. What were the actual sales?
A farm model predicts soil moisture at 22.4%, with a residual of +3.1 percentage points. What was the actual soil moisture?
A shipping line predicts a package mass of 1.84 kilograms, and the package's residual is -0.09 kilograms. What was the actual mass?
A test-score model predicts 81.5 points for one student. The residual for that student is +6.0 points. What was the actual score?
A transit model predicts a commute time of 27 minutes. The residual for that commute is -4 minutes. What was the actual commute time?
A biology model predicts a fish length of 18.6 centimeters. The residual for that fish is +1.7 centimeters. What was the actual length?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.

Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Correlation Is Not Causation
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