List the assumptions required for the regression analysis

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Structurally de?cient highway bridges. Data on structurally de?cient highway bridges is compiled by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and reported in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI). For each state, the NBI lists the number of structurally de?cient bridges and the total area (thousands of square feet) of the de?cient bridges. The data for the 50 states (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) are saved in the FHWABRIDGE ?le. (The ?rst ?ve and last ?ve observations are listed in the table.) For future planning and budgeting, the FHWA wants to estimate the total area of structurally de?cient bridges in a state based on the number of de?cient bridges.

(a) Write the equation of a straight-line model relating total area (y) to number of structurally de?cient bridges (x).

(b) The model, part a, was ?t to the data using Minitab as shown in the accompanying print- out. Find the least squares prediction equation on the printout.

(d) Locate the estimated standard error of the regression model, s, on the printout.

(e) Use the value of s to ?nd a range where most (about 95%) of the errors of prediction will fall.

STATE NUMBER AREA(thousands of sq. ft.)

Alabama	1899	432.7
Alaska	155	60.9
Arizona	181	110.5
Arkansas	997	347.3
California ...	3140	5177.9
Washington	400	502.0
West Virginia	1058	331.5
Wisconsin	1302	399.8
Wyoming	389	143.4
Puerto Rico	241	195.4

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