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- The depth of wetting of a soil is the depth to which water content will increase owing to extemal factors. The article "Discussion of Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas" (J. Nelson, K. Chao, and D. Overton, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2011:293-296) discusses the relationship between depth of wetting beneath a structure and the age of the structure. The article presents measurements of depth of wetting, in meters, and the ages, in years, of 21 houses, as shown in the following table. Age Depth 7.6 4 4.6 6.1 9.1 3 4.3 7.3 5.2 10.4 15.5 5.8 10.7 4 5.5 6.1 10.7 10.4 4.6 7.0 6.1 14 16.8 10 9.1 8.8 Compute the least-squares line for predicting depth of wetting (y) from age (x). b. Identify a point with an unusually large x-value. Compute the least-squares line that results from deletion of this point. Identify another point which can be classified as an outlier. Compute the least-squares line that results from deletion of the outlier,…arrow_forwardThe data set provided below was derived from an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled "A Critical Appraisal of 98.6 Degrees F, the Upper Limit of the Normal Body Temperature, and Other Legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich" (Mackowiak, Wasserman, and Levine 1992) by Allen Shoemaker. He recreated the original data set from a histogram and published the article "What's Normal? -- Temperature, Gender, and Heart Rate", Journal of Statistics Education v.4, n.2 (1996). Data Table Temp 96.2 96.7 96.9 97 97.1 97.1 97 97.2 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.4 97.5 97.5 97.4 97.6 97.6 97.6 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98.2 98.1 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.6 98.4 98.7 98.7 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.9 98.9 99 99 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.3 99.3 99.5 96.4 96.7 96.8 97.3 97.1 97.3…arrow_forwardAa Febru The body mass index (BMI) of a person is defined to be the person's body mass divided by the square of the person's height. The article "Influences of Parameter Uncertainties within the ICRP 66 Respiratory Tract Model: Particle Deposition" (W. Bolch, E. Farfan, et al., Health Physics, 2001:378-394) states that body mass index (in kg/m2) in men aged 25-34 is lognormally distributed with parameters u = 3.215 and o = 0.157. a.Find the mean and standard deviation BMI for men aged 25-34. b.Find the standard deviation of BMI for men aged 25-34. c.Find the median BMI for men aged 25-34. d.What proportion of men aged 25-34 have a BMI less than 20? e.Find the 80th percentile of BMI for men agėd 25 -34. 04... Rext 田arrow_forward
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