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 * Question:** What effect will the temperature have on how much snow is on the ground?


 * Explanatory Variable:** The temperature.


 * Response Variable:** Amount of snow on the ground.

The amount of snow on the ground will be measured in inches and the temperature will be in F°.

I think there will a positive association between how cold it is and how much snow is on the ground because if it's cold, it snows rather than rains.

I'll use a ruler to measure the amount of the snow on the ground in my back yard. I will also use a thermometer to measure the temperature outdoors.

-0.062x + 1.572 <- Least Square Regression

-0.67758241 <- Correlation coefficient 0.45912 Coefficient of determination -0.06447 <- Slope 2.07257 <- Y-intercept



There was a trend honestly but it was very random too. When it got relatively cold it began being closer to zero degrees out and you can see that when it was warmer there was always less than 1.5 inches of snow. When it was coldest, there was the most snow too which leads me to think that there is some correlation between temperature and amount of snow on the ground.


 * Temperature in F || Snow in Inches ||
 * 10° || 1.1 ||
 * 8° || 0.8 ||
 * 12° || 1.3 ||
 * 1° || 2 ||
 * -3° || 1.8 ||
 * 1° || 1.8 ||
 * 1° || 1.8 ||
 * 7° || 2 ||
 * 5° || 2 ||
 * -7° || 2 ||
 * -5° || 1.7 ||
 * 3° || 1.9 ||
 * 1° || 2.1 ||
 * 0° || 2.7 ||
 * -6° || 2.6 ||
 * -7° || 2.4 ||
 * 1° || 2.5 ||
 * -9° || 2.9 ||
 * 1° || 2.8 ||
 * -7° || 2.8 ||

The above is the data I collected.