Biologists studying the effects of acid rain on wildlife collected data from 172 streams in the Adirondack

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Biologists studying the effects of acid rain on wildlife collected data from 172 streams in the Adirondack Mountains. They recorded the pH (acidity) of the water and the BCI, a measure of biological diversity. Here's a scatter plot of BCI against pH for the 163 streams for which we have these data:
Biologists studying the effects of acid rain on wildlife collected

And here is part of the regression analysis:
Dependent variable is BCI
R-squared = 27.1%
s = 140.4 With 163 €“ 2 = 161 degrees of freedom

Biologists studying the effects of acid rain on wildlife collected

a) State the null and alternative hypotheses under investigation.
b) Assuming that the assumptions for regression inference are reasonable, find the t- and P-values.
c) State your conclusion.

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Stats Data and Models

ISBN: 978-0321986498

4th edition

Authors: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul D. Velleman, David E. Bock

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