A researcher interested in explaining the level of foreign reserves for the country of Barbados estimated the following multiple regression model using yearly data spanning the period 2001 to 2016: FR=a+BOIL+yEXP+8FDI Where FR = yearly foreign reserves ($000’s), OIL = annual oil prices, EXP = yearly total exports ($000's) and FDI = annual foreign direct investment ($000’s). The sample of data was processed using MINITAB and the following is an extract of the output obtained: Predictor Coef StDev t-ratio p-value Constant 5491.38 2508.81 2.1888 0.0491 OIL 85.39 18.46 4.626 0.0006 EXP -377.08 112.19 0.0057 FDI -396.99 160.66 -2.471 ** S = 2.45 R-sq = 96.3% R-sq(adj) = 95.3% Analysis of Variance Source DF MS F Regression 3 1991.31 663.77 ? ?? Error 12 77.4 6.45 Total 15 a) What is dependent and independent variables? b) Fully write out the regression equation c) Fill in the missing values *', '**', '?’and '??’ d) Hence test whether ß is significant. Give reasons for your answer. e) Perform the F Test making sure to state the null and alternative hypothesis. f) Given an interpretation of the term "R-sq" and comment on its value.

Hello! Please analyse the table 3 and 4 in the image attached. the data is supposed to see if there is a relationship between the prevalence of obesity(table3) or life expectancy (table4) between males and females.  thank you!

A researcher is studying the intensity of hurricanes that entered the Gulf of Mexico between 1975-2015 and the average water temperature of the Gulf of Mexico at the hurricane's peak strength. What is the independent and dependent variable in this study?

Seedlings of understory trees in mature tropical rainforests must survive and grow using intermittent flecks of sunlight. How does the length of exposure to these flecks of sunlight (fleck duration) affect growth? Researchers experimentally irradiated seedlings of the Southeast Asian rainforest tree with flecks of light of varying duration while maintaining the same total irradiance to all the seedlings. Below is the data. Fit a linear model to the data. Tree Mean Fleck (min) Relative growth rate (mm/mm/week 1 3.4 0.013 2 3.2 0.008 3 3 0.007 4 2.7 0.005 5 2.8 0.003 6 3.2 0.003 7 2.2 0.005 8 2.2 0.003 9 2.4 0 10 4.4 0.009 11 5.1 0.01 12 6.3 0.009 13 7.3 0.009 14 6 0.016 15 5.9 0.025 16 7.1 0.021 17 8.8 0.024 18 7.4 0.019 19 7.5 0.016 20 7.5 0.014 21 7.9 0.014   a)What is the rate of change in relative growth…

An experiment is conducted to see the effect of light intensity on plant growth, what is the dependent variable in this scenario?