17 Table 9.13 lists recent values for several nations on the crude birth rate (number of births per 1000 population size) women's economic activity (female labor force as percentage of male). percentage women using contraception, female life expectancy, female adult literacy rate, a human development index (HDI, which has components referring to life expectancy at birth. educational attainment. and income per capita). gross national prod- uct (GNP, per capita, in thousands of dollars), daily newspaper circulation per 100 people, and number of televisions per 100 people This exercise uses burth rate as the response variable and women's economic activity as the explanatory variable. Table 9 14 shows part of a SPSS printout for a regression analysis.

a) Report the prediction equation and interpret the Y-intercept and slope.

b) Report and r, and interpret their values.

c) Find the predicted value and residual for Nigena. and interpret.