To analyze: Whether the data supports the idea of benefit beetles.
Answer to Problem 70E
Yes, the provided idea is being supported by the data set.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Data set is:
Stumps | Beetle Larvae |
2 | 10 |
2 | 30 |
1 | 12 |
3 | 24 |
3 | 36 |
4 | 40 |
3 | 43 |
1 | 11 |
2 | 27 |
5 | 56 |
1 | 18 |
3 | 40 |
2 | 25 |
1 | 8 |
2 | 21 |
2 | 14 |
1 | 16 |
1 | 6 |
4 | 54 |
1 | 9 |
2 | 13 |
1 | 14 |
4 | 50 |
Calculation:
Whether the data is supporting the provided idea or not using the four-step process could be identified as:
(a). The appropriate question is “What is the relationship between beetle larvae and stumps”.
(b). The appropriate statistical operations are the computation of the
Thus, the
(c). The scatterplot could be constructed as:
(d). The above constructed
The above explanation shows that the data is supporting the claim.
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