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Toughness and fibrousness of asparagus are major determinants of quality. This was the focus of a study reported in “Post-Harvest Glyphosphate Application Reduces Toughening, Fiber Content, and Ligniflcation of Stored Asparagus Spears” (J. of the Amer. Soc. of Hort. Science, 1988: 569–572). The article reported the accompanying data (read from a graph) on x = shear force (kg) and y = percent fiber dry weight.
x | 46 | 48 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 94 |
y | 2.18 | 2.10 | 2.13 | 2.28 | 2.34 | 2.53 | 2.28 | 2.62 | 2.63 |
x | 109 | 121 | 132 | 137 | 148 | 149 | 184 | 185 | 187 |
y | 2.50 | 2.66 | 2.79 | 2.80 | 3.01 | 2.98 | 3.34 | 3.49 | 3.26 |
- a. Calculate the value of the sample
correlation coefficient . Based on this value, how would you describe the nature of the relationship between the two variables? - b. If a first specimen has a larger value of shear force than does a second specimen, what tends to be true of percent dry fiber weight for the two specimens?
- c. If shear force is expressed in pounds, what happens to the value of r? Why?
- d. If the simple linear regression model were fit to this data, what proportion of observed variation in percent fiber dry weight could be explained by the model relationship?
- e. Carry out a test at significance level .01 to decide whether there is a positive linear association between the two variables.
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