An experiment to investigate the effects of a new technique for degumming of silk yarn was described in the article “Some Studies in Degumming of Silk with Organic Acids” (J. Society of Dyers and Colourists, 1992: 79–86). One response variable of interest was y = weight loss (%). The experimenters made observations on weight loss for various values of three independent variables: x1 = temperature (°C) = 90, 100, 110;x2 = time of treatment (min) = 30, 75, 120; x3 = tartaric acid concentration (g/L) = 0,8,16. In the regression analyses, the three values of each variable were coded as −1, 0, and 1, respectively, giving the accompanying data (the value y8 = 19.3 was reported, but our value y8 = 20.3 results in regression output identical to that appearing in the article).
A multiple regression model with k = 9 predictors—x1, x2, x3,
a. Does this model specify a useful relationship? State and test the appropriate hypotheses using a significance level of .01.
b. The estimated standard deviation of
c. Calculate a 95% PI for a single weight-loss value to be observed when temperature, time, and concentration have values 100, 75, and 8, respectively.
d. Fitting the model with only x1, x2, and x3 as predictors gave R2 = .456 and SSE = 203.82. Does at least one of the second-order predictors provide additional useful information? State and test the appropriate hypotheses.
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