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Representative data read from a plot on runoff sediment concentration for plots

ID: 3246139 • Letter: R

Question

Representative data read from a plot on runoff sediment concentration for plots with varying amounts of grazing damage, measured by the percentage of bare ground in the plot, are given for steeply sloped plots. Steeply Sloped Plots Bare ground (%) 8 8 16 24 32 40 32 48 56 64 56 Concentration 90 225 270 540 450 450 810 720 990 1080 900 (a) Using the data for steeply sloped plots, find the equation of the least-squares line for predicting y runoff sediment concentration using x = percentage of bare ground. (Give the answer to two decimal places.) y = Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. (b) What would you predict runoff sediment concentration to be for a steeply sloped plot with 16% bare ground? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Explanation / Answer

using minitab

Regression Analysis: concentration versus bareground%

Analysis of Variance

Source         DF   Adj SS Adj MS F-Value P-Value
Regression      1   924667 924667    50.73    0.000
bareground%   1   924667 924667    50.73    0.000
Error           9   164046   18227
Lack-of-Fit   6    86084   14347     0.55    0.755
Pure Error    3    77963   25988
Total          10 1088714


Model Summary

      S    R-sq R-sq(adj) R-sq(pred)
135.009 84.93%     83.26%      80.50%


Coefficients

Term          Coef SE Coef T-Value P-Value   VIF
Constant      53.9     86.0     0.63    0.546
bareground% 15.45     2.17     7.12    0.000 1.00


Regression Equation

concentration = 53.9 + 15.45 bareground%


Fits and Diagnostics for Unusual Observations

                                    Std
Obs concentration    Fit Resid Resid
7          810.0 548.2 261.8   2.04 R

R Large residual

a) concentration = 53.9 + 15.45 bareground%

b) substitute bareground =16

                 concentration =53.9+15.45*16

                                        =301.100

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