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Beavers and beetles Refer to Exercise 9. (a) How many clusters of beetle larvae would
Chapter 12, Problem 11(choose chapter or problem)
Beavers and beetles Refer to Exercise 9. (a) How many clusters of beetle larvae would you predict in a circular plot with 5 tree stumps cut by beavers? Show your work. (b) About how far off do you expect the prediction in part (a) to be from the actual number of clusters of beetle larvae? Justify your answer. 1
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Beavers and beetles Refer to Exercise 9. (a) How many clusters of beetle larvae would you predict in a circular plot with 5 tree stumps cut by beavers? Show your work. (b) About how far off do you expect the prediction in part (a) to be from the actual number of clusters of beetle larvae? Justify your answer. 1
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(a)
General linear regression equation:
The estimates and are given in the column of "Coef":
Replace by 5 and evaluate:
This means that we predict that there will be clusters of beetle larvae.