A Forester Would Like to Know How Big a Maple

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Essay

A forester would like to know how big a maple tree might be at age 50 years.She gathers data from some trees that have been cut down,and plots the diameters (in inches)of the trees against their ages (in years).First she makes a linear model.Now she re-expresses the data,using the logarithm of age to try to predict the diameter of the tree.Here are the regression analysis and the residuals plot.Using this model,predict the diameter of a maple tree at age 50 years.

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