Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is thought to increase the risk of breast cancer. The accompanying data on x = percent of women using HRT and y = breast cancer incidence (cases per 100,000 women) for a region in Germany for 5 years appeared in paper "Decline in Breast Cancer Incidence after Decrease in Utilization of Hormone Replacement Therapy." The authors of the paper used a simple linear regression model Iin the describe the relationship between HRT use and breast cancer incidence. HRT Use Breast Cancer Incidence 46.30 103.30 40.60 105.00 39.50 100.00 36.60 93.80 30.00 83.50 n USE SALT (a) What is the equation of the estimated regression line? (Round your numerical values to four decimal places.) (b) What is the estimated average change in breast cancer incidence (in cases per 100,000 women) associated with a 1 percentage point increase in HRT use? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) cases per 100,000 women (c) What breast cancer incidence (in cases per 100,000 women) would be predicted in a year when HRT use was 41%? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) cases per 100,000 women

Acrylamide is a chemical that is sometimes found in cooked starchy foods and which is thought to increase the risk of certain kinds of cancer. The paper "A Statistical Regression Model for the Estimation of Acrylamide Concentrations in French Fries for Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk Assessment"+ describes a study to investigate the effect of frying time (in seconds) and acrylamide concentration (in micrograms per kilogram) in french fries. The data in the accompanying table are approximate values read from a graph that appeared in the paper. Frying Acrylamide Time Concentration 150 240 240 270 300 300 150 125 + 195 185 135 275 USE SALT (a) Find the equation of the least-squares line for predicting acrylamide concentration using frying time. (Round your answers to four decimal places.) ŷ = (b) Does the equation of the least-squares line support the conclusion that longer frying times tend to be paired with higher acrylamide concentrations? Explain. O No, the least squares regression line…

A rural state wants to encourage high school graduates to continue their education and attend college.  The state collected information on a random sample of high school seniors from across the state 7 years ago and is now observing how many years of education they completed.  They believe students decide to achieve more education when they are more capable, have easier access to college education, and the opportunity cost of attending are lower.  To explore the factors that affect the years of education completed they have used multiple regression to estimate the years of completed education as a function of: Unemployment rate - the unemployment rate in the county (3.9 – 16.8) County Hr Wage - average starting hourly manufacturing wage in the county Test - student score on college admission test (0 to 100 scale) Dist to college - Distance to near college (measured in 100’s of miles) Tuition - Tuition charged at nearest state university (measured in $1000s)…

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is thought to increase the risk of breast cancer. The accompanying data on x = percent of women using HRT and y = breast cancer incidence (cases per 100,000 women) for a region in Germany for 5 years appeared in the paper "Decline in Breast Cancer Incidence after Decrease in Utilization of Hormone Replacement Therapy." The authors of the paper used a simple linear regression model to describe the relationship between HRT use and breast cancer incidence. t HRT Use Breast Cancer Incidence 46.30 40.60 39.50 36.60 30.00 103.30 105.00 100.00 93.80 83.50 (a) What is the equation of the estimated regression line? (Round your numerical values to four decimal places.) ŷ = (b) What is the estimated average change in breast cancer incidence (in cases per 100,000 women) associated with a 1 percentage point increase in HRT use? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) cases per 100,000 women (c) What breast cancer incidence (in cases per 100,000 women) would be…