Use the method of regression analysis to test the relationship between temperature (X) and the number of automobile accidents (Y). Set ? = .05
Temperature Number of Accidents
50 10
65 12
80 16
85 16
90 13
70 10
75 12
70 18
What will be an ideal response?
F (1, 6) = 1.818, not significant since the critical value is 5.99. Although the
correlation was moderately strong, .48, temperature does not explain a significant amount of the
variance in auto accidents.
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