Can linear regression still be made appropriate

Assignment Help Basic Statistics
Reference no: EM132351378

An ecologist would like to estimate the number of fish in a lake given the previous month's profit from the local fishery. You first consider applying a linear regression, but then the ecologist tells you that he expects the relationship between the predictor and response to be cubic, not linear. Can linear regression still be made appropriate for the task at hand? Explain.

Reference no: EM132351378

Questions Cloud

Explain the different ways of developing own skills : Developing own knowledge and practice in a care setting-explain how to ensure the rights of others are respected during training activities.
How many positive integers less than 211 : How many positive integers less than 211 are relatively prime to 126?
Explain why this is a binomial experiment : 1. Explain why this is a binomial experiment. 2. Find and interpret the probability that exactly 5 of them had a bachelor degree.
Suggest that the volume of google stock has changed : Does the evidence suggest that the volume of Google stock has changed since 2007? Use a 0.05 level of significance.
Can linear regression still be made appropriate : Can linear regression still be made appropriate for the task at hand? Explain.
Sampling distribution of sample means : Considering the sampling distribution of sample means of all samples of size 27, calculate the value of the sample mean for which 75% of samples have a sample
Appropriate model for the data : The scatterplot or residual plots can be used to see if the regression equation is an appropriate model for the data.
What is the sample proportion of respondents : a. What is the sample proportion of respondents who said yes, they would want to be rich?
Average test score earned by the first : Using the .05 significance level, was the average test score earned by the first 20 students to turn in their tests significantly different from the overall mea

Reviews

Write a Review

Basic Statistics Questions & Answers

  Statistics-probability assignment

MATH1550H: Assignment:  Question:  A word is selected at random from the following poem of Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), translated by English poet Edward Fitzgerald (1808-1883). Find the expected value of the length of th..

  What is the least number

MATH1550H: Assignment:  Question:     what is the least number of applicants that should be interviewed so as to have at least 50% chance of finding one such secretary?

  Determine the value of k

MATH1550H: Assignment:  Question:     Experience shows that X, the number of customers entering a post office during any period of time t, is a random variable the probability mass function of which is of the form

  What is the probability

MATH1550H: Assignment:Questions: (Genetics) What is the probability that at most two of the offspring are aa?

  Binomial distributions

MATH1550H: Assignment:  Questions:  Let’s assume the department of Mathematics of Trent University has 11 faculty members. For i = 0; 1; 2; 3; find pi, the probability that i of them were born on Canada Day using the binomial distributions.

  Caselet on mcdonald’s vs. burger king - waiting time

Caselet on McDonald’s vs. Burger King - Waiting time

  Generate descriptive statistics

Generate descriptive statistics. Create a stem-and-leaf plot of the data and box plot of the data.

  Sampling variability and standard error

Problems on Sampling Variability and Standard Error and Confidence Intervals

  Estimate the population mean

Estimate the population mean

  Conduct a marketing experiment

Conduct a marketing experiment in which students are to taste one of two different brands of soft drink

  Find out the probability

Find out the probability

  Linear programming models

LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd