It is thought that prehistoric Indians did not take their best tools, pottery, a
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It is thought that prehistoric Indians did not take their best tools, pottery, and household items when they visited higher elevations for their summer camps. It is hypothesized that archaeological sites tend to lose their cultural identity and specific cultural affiliation as the elevation of the site increases. Let xbe the elevation (in thousands of feet) for an archaeological site in the southwestern United States. Let ybe the percentage of unidentified artifacts (no specific cultural affiliation) at a given elevation. Suppose that the following data were obtained for a collection of archaeological sites in New Mexico.
x
5.50
6.50
7.50
7.75
8.75
y
15
32
55
39
72
Find aand b for the equation of the least-squares line .
x
5.50
6.50
7.50
7.75
8.75
y
15
32
55
39
72
Explanation / Answer
The statistical software output for this problem is:
Simple linear regression results:
Dependent Variable: y
Independent Variable: x
y = -75.923077 + 16.461538 x
Sample size: 5
R (correlation coefficient) = 0.93717051
R-sq = 0.87828857
Estimate of error standard deviation: 8.7917502
Parameter estimates:
Analysis of variance table for regression model:
Hence,
a = -75.923
b = 16.462
Parameter Estimate Std. Err. Alternative DF T-Stat P-value Intercept -75.923077 25.775189 ? 0 3 -2.9455876 0.0602 Slope 16.461538 3.5379921 ? 0 3 4.6527912 0.0187Related Questions
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