Has the percent increased at a fairly steady rate

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The report "Wireless Substitution: Early Re- lease of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey" (Center for Disease Control, 2009) gave the following estimates of the percentage of homes in the United States that had only wireless phone service at 6-month intervals from June 2005 to December 2008.

Percent with Only

6               800                 320

3             1190                 420

Date Wireless Phone Service

2             1090                 120

5                570                 290

3.5             1215                 285

2.5             1160                 390

0                520                 140

2.5             1120                 330

1                240                 120

3                650                 180

1             1620                 340

4                660                 380

3                840                 300

1.5             1050                 490

3             1440                 380

9                750                 560

1                500                 230

1.5             1200                 370

2.5             1200                 330

3             1250                 330

0             1040                 220

0                760                 260

2.5               780                 220

3                500                 230

a. Construct a scatterplot using y = calories and x = fat. Does it look like there is a relationship between fat and calories? Is the relationship what you expected? Explain.

b. Construct a scatterplot using y = calories and x = sodium. Write a few sentences commenting on the difference between the relationship of calories to fat and calories to sodium.

June 2005                                  7.3

December 2005                           8.4

June 2006                                  10.5

December 2006                           12.8

June 2007                                 13.6

December 2007                          15.8

June 2008                                 17.5

December 2008                          20.2

Construct a time-series plot for these data and describe the trend in the percent of homes with only wireless phone service over time. Has the percent increased at a fairly steady rate?

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