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ChETE 02 A
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2. The following data give information on the ages ( in years ) and the
number of breakdowns during the past month of a sample of seven
machines at a large company.
Age of machine 12 7 2 8 13 9 4
No. of Breakdowns 9 5 1 4 11 7 2
a.) What is the independent variable ? What is the dependent
variable?
b.) Do you expect to be negative or positive? Why?
c.) Fit a least squares line from which we can predict the
number of breakdowns in terms of the age. Is the sign
of b as you hypothesized for ?
d.) Plot a scatter diagram of the data and superimpose the regression
line.
e.) Give a brief interpretation of the values of a and b.
f.) Construct a 95% confidence interval for and explain in words
what quantity is thus being estimated.
g.) Determine the coefficient of determination and interpret.