A Study Examined the Number of Trees in a Variety

question 1

Essay

A study examined the number of trees in a variety of orange groves and the corresponding number of oranges that each grove produces in a given harvest year. Linear regression was calculated and the results are below.
linear regression results:
Dependent Variable: oranges
Independent Variable: trees Sample size: 9
R-sq = 0.886 s = 31394.7

$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|}\hline \text { Parameter} &\text { Estimate} &\text { Std. Err. } \\\hline \text { Constant }& 390.59 & 16328.8 \\\hline \text { Trees} & 525.84 & 71.22 \\\hline\end{array}$




-Is the farmer in problem #5 pleased or displeased with the value of his residual? Why?

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Definitions:

Refractory Period

The period immediately following a stimulus or action during which a nerve or muscle is unresponsive to further stimulation.

Neuron

A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell, the fundamental unit of the nervous system encoding and transferring information.

Myelin Sheath

A protective covering that surrounds axons of many neurons, facilitating the faster transmission of electrical impulses along the nerve cells.

Dendrites

Extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons and transmit them toward the cell body.