Question: Construct a 90% prediction interval for the total assets in federal defined benefit plans in Exercise 18 when the total assets in IRAs is $6200

Construct a 90% prediction interval for the total assets in federal defined benefit plans in Exercise 18 when the total assets in IRAs is $6200 billion.


Construct the indicated prediction interval and interpret the results.


Data from Exercise 18:

The table shows the total assets (in billions of dollars) of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and federal defined benefit (DB) plans for ten years. The equation of the regression line is ŷ = 0.140x + 453.959.

4748 3681 4488 5029 5153 IRAS, x Federal DB plans, y 978 1033 1095 1161 1230 IRAS, r 5785 6819 7292 7329 7850 Federal DB

4748 3681 4488 5029 5153 IRAS, x Federal DB plans, y 978 1033 1095 1161 1230 IRAS, r 5785 6819 7292 7329 7850 Federal DB plans, y 1512 1595 1270 1370 1438

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