Consider the following data on x = rainfall volume (m3) and y = runoff volume (m3) for a particular location. x 4 12 14 20 23 30 40 47 55 67 72 83 96 112 127 y 4 10 13 14 15 25 27 46 38 46 53 75 82 99 104 Use the accompanying Minitab output to decide whether there is a useful linear relationship between rainfall and runoff. The regression equation is runoff = -2.07 + 0.850 rainfall Predictor Coef Stdev t-ratio p Constant -2.067 2.412 -0.86 0.407 rainfall 0.85038 0.03708 22.93 0.000 s = 5.321 R-sq = 97.6% R-sq(adj) = 97.4% State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses. H0: ?1 = 0 Ha: ?1 > 0 H0: ?1 = 0 Ha: ?1 ≠ 0 H0: ?1 = 0 Ha: ?1 < 0 H0: ?1 ≠ 0 Ha: ?1 = 0 Compute the test statistic value and find the P-value. (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to three decimal places.) t = P-value = State the conclusion in the problem context. (Use ? = 0.05.) Reject H0. There is a useful linear relationship between runoff and rainfall at the 0.05 level.Reject H0. There is not a useful linear relationship between runoff and rainfall at the 0.05 level. Fail to reject H0. There is not a useful linear relationship between runoff and rainfall at the 0.05 level.Fail to reject H0. There is a useful linear relationship between runoff and rainfall at the 0.05 level. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the true average change in runoff volume associated with a 1 m3 increase in rainfall volume. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) (_______), (______) m3 For this question, my answers were = [0.742, 0.959]m3 but it came up wrong, any chance you could explain why. I used R programming to evaluate the question; my code written below: # Enter the data x <- c(4, 12, 14, 20, 23, 30, 40, 47, 55, 67, 72, 83, 96, 112, 127) y <- c(4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 25, 27, 46, 38, 46, 53, 75, 82, 99, 104) # Fit the linear regression model model <- lm(y ~ x) # Extract the coefficient and standard error for the slope coef <- coef(model)[2] se <- summary(model)$coefficients[2, 2] # Calculate the confidence interval alpha <- 0.05 t_crit <- qt(1 - alpha / 2, df = length(x) - 2) lower <- coef - t_crit * se upper <- coef + t_crit * se # Print the results round(lower, 3) # Lower bound of CI round(upper, 3) # Upper bound of CI[0.742, 0.959] [0.742, 0.959]m3
Consider the following data on x = rainfall volume (m3) and y = runoff volume (m3) for a particular location.
x | 4 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 67 | 72 | 83 | 96 | 112 | 127 |
y | 4 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 46 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 75 | 82 | 99 | 104 |
Use the accompanying Minitab output to decide whether there is a useful linear relationship between rainfall and runoff.
The regression equation is runoff = -2.07 + 0.850 rainfall |
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Predictor | Coef | Stdev | t-ratio | p |
Constant | -2.067 | 2.412 | -0.86 | 0.407 |
rainfall | 0.85038 | 0.03708 | 22.93 | 0.000 |
s = 5.321 R-sq = 97.6% R-sq(adj) = 97.4% |
State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.
Ha: ?1 > 0
Ha: ?1 ≠ 0
Ha: ?1 < 0
Ha: ?1 = 0
Compute the test statistic value and find the P-value. (Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to three decimal places.)
t | = | |
P-value | = |
State the conclusion in the problem context. (Use ? = 0.05.)
Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the true average change in runoff volume associated with a 1 m3 increase in rainfall volume. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
(_______), (______) m3
For this question, my answers were = [0.742, 0.959]m3 but it came up wrong, any chance you could explain why. I used R programming to evaluate the question; my code written below:
# Enter the data
x <- c(4, 12, 14, 20, 23, 30, 40, 47, 55, 67, 72, 83, 96, 112, 127)
y <- c(4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 25, 27, 46, 38, 46, 53, 75, 82, 99, 104)
# Fit the linear regression model
model <- lm(y ~ x)
# Extract the coefficient and standard error for the slope
coef <- coef(model)[2]
se <- summary(model)$coefficients[2, 2]
# Calculate the confidence interval
alpha <- 0.05
t_crit <- qt(1 - alpha / 2, df = length(x) - 2)
lower <- coef - t_crit * se
upper <- coef + t_crit * se
# Print the results
round(lower, 3) # Lower bound of CI
round(upper, 3) # Upper bound of CI[0.742, 0.959]
[0.742, 0.959]m3
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