
Casio 9860 Graphic Calculator Self – Guided Instructions SPREADSHEET Mode © Richard Andrew 2008
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Choose Scat (F1) Arrow down 1 place
Change X Cell Range to A2:A5 (With Cell Range hi-lighted, arrow past the A2 press the DEL button type 2 EXE
Similarly, change Y Cell range to B2:B5
Set Frequency to 1 (Press F1) This is because the data is not set out as a Frequency Distribution Table. Rather, the data is
in a Column. Therefore each number is 1 score. Therefore the Frequency is set to '1' and NOT to a Column. (Fig66)
Press EXIT GPH1 (F1) (Fig67)
Investigating Correlation:
It seems there is a strong correlation.
To discover the exact correlation we can check the equation of the line of best fit.
Press CALC (F1) then X (F2) (Fig68)
Here is the equation of the line of best fit. Note that 'r' is the coefficient of correlation. R=0.99 indicating a very high
correlation in this case.
Drawing the Line of Best Fit:
Press DRAW (F6) (Fig69)
Tracing the Graph:
The example here is obviously over-simplified for the purposes of instruction. Hopefully you are seeing the potential
applications for these functions of the calculator. Usually in a statistical investigation you would want to trace the graph to
predict values which are not plotted. In fact, given there is never a scale given the 'golden rule' is to trace every graph drawn.
Press SHIFT F1 (Fig70)
Use your arrow left-right to scroll through different values.
Performing a Y-Calculation (Y-CALC):
If we want to find out the exact Y value for a given X value (eg X=5)
Press G-Solv (SHIFT F5) Y-CAL (F1) enter 5 (Fig71)
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