A Study Examined the Number of Trees in a Variety

question 25

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

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




-Does the value of s concern you? How might you deal with this data differently to address this problem?

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Definitions:

McGregor

Refers to Douglas McGregor, a social psychologist best known for proposing two theories of human motivation and management: Theory X and Theory Y.

Existence Need Category

A category in Maslow's hierarchy of needs that includes basic physical requirements such as food, water, and shelter.

Physiological

Relating to the functions of living organisms and their parts, or the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

Clayton Alderfer

An American psychologist known for developing ERG Theory, which categorizes human needs into existence, relatedness, and growth categories.