The number of patients coming to the Healthy Start Maternity clinic has been increasing steadily over the past eight months. You are provided with some historical data as follows: Month Clinic attendance (in thousands) 1 3.4 2 3.9 3 4.5 4 5.0 5 5.8 6 5.9 7 6.5 8 6.7 b. Use simple linear regression to forecast annual demand for months 9 and 10 by using the tabular method to:- i. Derive the values for the intercept and slope.  ii. Derive the linear regression equation.  iii. Plot the linear regression line.  iv. Develop a forecast of the clinic attendance for months 9 and 10

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The number of patients coming to the Healthy Start Maternity clinic has been increasing steadily
over the past eight months. You are provided with some historical data as follows:
Month Clinic attendance
(in thousands)
1 3.4
2 3.9
3 4.5
4 5.0
5 5.8
6 5.9
7 6.5
8 6.7

b. Use simple linear regression to forecast annual demand for months 9 and 10 by using the
tabular method to:-
i. Derive the values for the intercept and slope. 
ii. Derive the linear regression equation. 
iii. Plot the linear regression line. 
iv. Develop a forecast of the clinic attendance for months 9 and 10. 

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