A Developer Putting Tract Housing in a Previously Pristine Area

question 34

Essay

A developer putting tract housing in a previously pristine area plans numerous small, open space areas where the original habitat is to remain. As a conservationist, how would you suggest changing the plan, if at all (assume that canceling the development is not an option)? Why?

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Definitions:

SSR

Sum of Squares due to Regression, a measure in statistical analysis that quantifies the variation explained by the independent variables in a regression model.

SSE

The sum of squared errors, a measure used in statistics to quantify the discrepancy between the observed and the predicted values in a model.

Larger

Having greater size, quantity, or magnitude than something else or than usual.

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by one or more independent variables in a regression model.