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ISBN: 9781260133295

Author: Navidi

Publisher: MCG

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Chapter 7, Problem 4SE

Refer to Exercise 3.

a. Plot the residuals versus the fitted values. Does the plot indicate any serious violations of the standard assumptions?
b. Plot the residuals versus the order of the data. Does the plot indicate any serious violations of the standard assumptions?

3. Eruptions of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park typically last from 1.5 to 5 minutes. Between eruptions are dormant periods, which typically last from 50 to 100 minutes. A dormant period can also be thought of as the waiting time between eruptions. The durations in minutes for 60 consecutive dormant periods are given in the following table. It is desired to predict the length of a dormant period from the length of the dormant period immediately preceding it. To express this in symbols, denote the sequence of dormant periods T₁, …, T₆₀. It is desired to predict T_i₊₁ from T_i.

Chapter 7, Problem 4SE, Refer to Exercise 3. a. Plot the residuals versus the fitted values. Does the plot indicate any

a. Construct a scatterplot of the points (T_i, T_i₊₁). for i = 1, …, 59.
b. Compute the least-squares line for predicting T_i₊₁ from T_i. (Hint: The values of the independent variable (x) are T₁, …, T₅₉, and the values of the dependent variable (y) are T₂, …, T₆₀.)
c. Find a 95% confidence interval for the slope β₁.
d. If the waiting time before the last eruption was 70 minutes, what is the predicted waiting time before the next eruption?
e. Find a 98% confidence interval for the mean waiting time before the next eruption when the time before the last eruption was 70 minutes.
f. Find a 99% prediction interval for the waiting time before the next eruption, if the time before the last eruption was 70 minutes.

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