Amount of Trees and Beavers

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Amount of Trees and Beavers
A scientist is studying the relationship between x = density (in number per square metre) of aspen trees around a pond and y = beaver abundance. The following statistical software output is from a regression analysis for predicting y from x. s = 0.4839 R-sq = 97.0% R-sq(adj) = 96.5%
Analysis of Variance
-Refer to Amount of Trees and Beavers. Interpret the estimated slope and intercept for this .

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