
Introductory Statistics (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321978271
Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 20SE
Trash The weight of trash (in pounds) produced by a house-hold and the number of people living in the household were obtained for 13 houses. Refer to the Minitab regression output. Assume that all the conditions necessary for
a. What is the observed intercept, according to the equation?
b. What would it mean if the intercept were 0?
c. Test the hypothesis that the intercept is 0 using a significance level of 0.05.
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