414 Ages of Women Who Give Birth The figure shows a scatterp

4.14 Ages of Women Who Give Birth The figure shows a scatterplot of birthrate (live births per 1000 women) and age of the mother in the United States. Would it make sense to find the correlation for this data set? Explain. According to this graph, at approximately what age is the highest fertility rate? (Source: Helmut T. Wendel and Christopher S. Wendel (Editors): Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data. Second Edition, 2006, Bernan Press.)

Solution

From the displayed graph, the correlation cannot be calcualted. Because the data is in non linear pattern.

From the displayed graph, it can be observed that approximately at age 28 the fertility rate is high.