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Question: Ozone, again. Consider again the relationship between the population and ozone level of U.S. cities that you analyzed in Exercise.

a) Give a 90% confidence interval for the approximate increase in ozone level associated with each additional million city inhabitants.

*b) For the cities studied, the mean population was 1.7 million people. The population of Boston is approximately 0.6 million people. Predict the mean ozone level for cities of that size with an interval in which you have 90% confidence.

Exercise: Ozone. The Environmental Protection Agency is examining the relationship between the ozone level (in parts per million) and the population (in millions) of U.S. cities. Part of the regression analysis is shown.

Dependent variable is: Ozone

R-squared = 84.4%

s = 5.454 with 16 - 2 = 14 df

Variable          Coefficient         SE(Coeff)

Interpret           18.892              2.395

Pop                   6.650               1.910

a) We suspect that the greater the population of a city, the higher its ozone level. Is the relationship significant? Assuming the conditions for inference are satisfied, test an appropriate hypothesis and state your conclusion in context.

b) Do you think that the population of a city is a useful predictor of ozone level? Use the values of bothR2 and s in your explanation.