$3\mathrm{.}1.$Formulate a suitable research objective for the analysis.

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$3\mathrm{.}2.$Identify the independent variable $($IV$)$ and dependent variable $($DV$)$ used in the study, and the levels of

measurement of the IV and DV$.$

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$3\mathrm{.}3.$What are the implications of the descriptive statistics $($Figure $3\mathrm{.}1)$ and the scatter plot $($Figure $3\mathrm{.}2)$ for the data

analysis?

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$3\mathrm{.}4.$Comment on the strength, direction, and significance of the correlation between manufacturing output and

GDP

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$3\mathrm{.}5.$Provide a comprehensive interpretation of the output of the regression analysis.

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$3\mathrm{.}6.$Does the strength of the correlation between manufacturing output and GDP product imply causality?

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