A number of studies have shown lichens (certain plants composed of an alga and a fungus) to be excellent bioindicators of air pollution. The article “The Epiphytic Lichen Hypogymnia physodes as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulphur Deposition in Norway” (Environ. Monitoring Assessment, 1993: 27–47) gives the following data (read from a graph) on x ¼ NO3 wet deposition (g N/m2 ) and y ¼ lichen N (% dry weight): (refer to chart) The author used simple linear regression to analyze the data. Use the accompanying MINITAB output to answer the following questions: a. What are the least squares estimates of b0 and b1? b. Predict lichen N for an NO3 deposition value of .5. c. What is the estimate of s? d. What is the value of total variation, and how much of it can be explained by the model relationship?
A number of studies have shown lichens (certain plants composed of an alga and a fungus) to be excellent bioindicators of air pollution. The article “The Epiphytic Lichen Hypogymnia physodes as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulphur Deposition in Norway” (Environ. Monitoring Assessment, 1993: 27–47) gives the following data (read from a graph) on x ¼ NO3 wet deposition (g N/m2 ) and y ¼ lichen N (% dry weight):
(refer to chart)
The author used simple linear regression to analyze the data. Use the accompanying MINITAB output to answer the following questions:
a. What are the least squares estimates of b0 and b1?
b. Predict lichen N for an NO3 deposition value of .5.
c. What is the estimate of s?
d. What is the value of total variation, and how much of it can be explained by the model relationship?
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