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• Questions on association and correlation
• Exercises 14.8 and 14. 9 on p. 276
  
• Least squares regression
• Exercise 15.17 on p. 303
• Predicted values
• Residuals
• Connections between correlation and regression
• Exercise 15.30 on p. 306
• Discussion of articles
• Identify the response and explanatory variables
• Decide on the nature of the relationship, see p. 294 (causation, common response, confounding)
• Government Statistics
• Consumer Price Index
• Adjusting for changes in buying power - see p. 312
• Exercise 16.14 and 16.16 on p. 324