A researcher wishes to determine the relationship between the number of cows (in thousands) in counties in southwestern Pennsylvania and the milk production (in millions of pounds). After computing the least squares regression line, it is determined that r^2=0.9986.  Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this value? Answer choices:  a. About 99.86% of the changes in milk production are explained by changes in the number of cows. b. About 99.72% of the changes in milk production are explained by changes in the number of cows. c. About 99.86% of the changes in the number of cows are explained by changes in milk production. d. None of the other answers is a correct interpretation.

Is It Getting Harder to Win a Hot Dog Eating Contest?Every Fourth of July, Nathan’s Famous in New York City holds a hot dog eating contest. The table below shows the winning number of hot dogs and buns eaten every year from 2002 to 2015, and the data are also available in HotDogs. The figure below shows the scatterplot with the regression line. Year     Hot Dogs 2015   62 2014   61 2013   69 2012   68 2011   62 2010   54 2009   68 2008   59 2007   66 2006   54 2005   49 2004   54 2003   45 2002     50 Winning number of hot dogs in the hot dog eating contest Winning number of hot dogs and buns Click here for the dataset associated with this question.   (a) Is the trend in the data mostly positive or negative?     Positive   Negative   (b) Using the figure provided, is the residual larger in 2007 or 2008?Choose the answer from the menu in accordance to item (b) of the question statement  20072008 Is the residual positive or…

For major league baseball teams, do higher player payrolls mean more gate money? Here are data for each of the American League teams in the year 2002. The variable x denotes the player payroll (in millions of dollars) for the year 2002, and the variable y denotes the mean attendance (in thousands of fans) for the 81 home games that year. The data are plotted in the scatter plot below, as is the least-squares regression line. The equation for this line is y = 11.43 + 0.23x. Player payroll, x (in Mean attendance, y (in $1,000,000s) thousands) Anaheim 62.8 28.52 Baltimore 56.5 33.09 40- Boston 110.2 32.72 35 Chicago White Sox 54.5 20.74 30- Cleveland 74.9 32.35 25- Detroit 54.4 18.52 Kansas City 49.4 16.30 15- Minnesota 41.3 23.70 10+ New York Yankees 133.4 42.84 Oakland 41.9 26.79 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Seattle 86.1 43.70 Player payroll, Тarmpa Bay 34.7 13.21 X (in $1,000,000s) Техas 106.9 29.01 Toronto 66.8 20.25 Send data to calculator Send data to Excel Based on the sample data and…

A recent study showed that the hours a person exercised in a week affected the individual'sresting heart rate. It was computed that r = -.68 and the least squares regression line was?̂ = 83-1.4x, where x is the hours exercised and y is the resting heart rate.   d. What percentage of variability in resting heart rate can be explained by variability inhours exercised?

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Biologist Theodore Garland, Jr. studied the relationship between running speeds and morphology of 49 species of cursorial mammals (mammals adapted to or specialized for running). One of the relationships he investigated was maximal sprint speed in kilometers per hour and the ratio of metatarsal-to-femur length. A least-squares regression on the data he collected produces the equation ŷ = 37.67 + 33.18x %3D where x is metatarsal-to-femur ratio and ŷ is predicted maximal sprint speed in kilometers per hour. The standard error of the intercept is 5.69 and the standard error of the slope is 7.94. Construct an 80% confidence interval for the slope of the population regression line. Give your answers precise to at least two decimal places. Lower limit: Upper limit:

We have data from 209 publicly traded companies (circa 2010) indicating sales and compensation information at the firm-level. We are interested in predicting a company's sales based on the CEO's salary. The variable sales; represents firm i's annual sales in millions of dollars. The variable salary; represents the salary of a firm i's CEO in thousands of dollars. We use least-squares to estimate the linear regression sales; = a + ßsalary; + ei and get the following regression results: . regress sales salary Source Model Residual Total sales salary cons SS 337920405 2.3180e+10 2.3518e+10 df 1 207 208 Coef. Std. Err. .9287785 .5346574 5733.917 1002.477 MS 337920405 111980203 113066454 Number of obs F (1, 207) Prob > F R-squared t P>|t| = Adj R-squared = Root MSE 1.74 0.084 5.72 0.000 = = -.1252934 3757.543 = 209 3.02 0.0838 0.0144 0.0096 10582 [95% Conf. Interval] 1.98285 7710.291 This output tells us the regression line equation is sales = 5,733.917 +0.9287785 salary. Interpret the…

The accompanying data represent the weights of various domestic cars and their gas mileages in the city. The linear correlation coefficient between the weight of a car and its miles per gallon in the city is r= - 0.972. The least-squares regression line treating weight as the explanatory variable and miles per gallon as the response variable is y= - 0.0070x + 44.4405. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. Click the icon to view the data table. ..... (a) What proportion of the variability in miles per gallon is explained by the relation between weight of the car and miles per gallon? The proportion of the variability in miles per gallon explained by the relation between weight of the car and miles per gallon is %. (Round to one decimal place as needed.) (b) Interpret the coefficient of determination. % of the variance in is by the linear model. Data Table (Round to one decimal p Full data set gas mileage Miles per Weight (pounds), x Weight (pounds), x Miles per Gallon, y Car Car Gallon, y…

Use the p-value criterion to find the best model for predicting the number of points scored per game by football teams using the accompanying National Football League Data. Does the model make logical sense? E Click the icon to view the National Football League Data. Determine the best multiple regression model. Let X, represent Rushing Yards, let X, represent Passing Yards, let X3 represent Penalties, let X4 represent Interceptions, and let Xg represent Fumbles. Enter the terms of the equation so that the Xy-values are in ascending numeral order by base. Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes within your choice. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.) Points/Game =+ OX 01+Og+O1 A. OB Points/Game = O C. Points/Game = OD. Points/Game = + Dx O E. Points/Game = Data table for the national football league Points/ Game Rushing Yards/ Game Passing Yards/ Penalties Interceptions Fumbles O Game 25.2 90.1 259.2 140 18 4 16.2 95.2 208.5 108…

An article gave a scatter plot, along with the least squares line, of x = rainfall volume (m³) and y data on rainfall and runoff volume (n = runoff volume (m³) for a particular location. The simple linear regression model provides a very good fit to 15) given below. The equation of the least squares line is y = -2.364 + 0.84267x, ² 0.976, and s = 5.21. = x 5 12 14 17 23 30 40 47 55 67 72 81 96 112 127 y 3 9 12 14 14 24 27 45 38 46 52 71 81 100 101 (a) Use the fact that s = 1.43 when rainfall volume is 40 m³ to predict runoff in a way that conveys information about reliability and precision. (Calculate a 95% PI. Round your answers to two decimal places.) Ŷ 28.25 1x ) m³ Does the resulting interval suggest that precise information about the value of runoff for this future observation is available? Explain your reasoning. OYes, precise information is available because the resulting interval is very wide. 34.46 Yes, precise information is available because the resulting interval is very…