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StatisticsIIWeek6Homework
StatisticsIIWeek6Homework
8.4Elasticityofmoissanite.Moissaniteispopularabrasivematerialbecauseofitsextreme
hardness.Anotherimportantpropertyofmoissaniteiselasticity.Theelasticpropertiesofthe
materialwereinvestigatedintheJournalofAppliedPhysics(September1993).Adiamondanvil
cellwasusedtocompressamixtureofmoissanite,sodiumchloride,andgoldinaratioof33.99:1
byvolume.Thecompressedvolume,y,ofthemixture(relativetothezeropressurevolume)was
measuredateachof11differentpressures(GPa).Theresultsaredisplayedinthetable(p.397).A
MINITABprintoutforthestraightlineregressionmodelE(y)=_0+_1xandaMINITABresidual
plotaredisplayedatleft.
MOISSANITE
COMPRESSEDVOLUMEy,%PRESSUREx,GPa
1000
969.4
93.815.8
90.230.4
87.741.6
86.246.9
85.251.6
83.360.1
82.962.6
82.962.6
81.768.4

Calculatetheregressionresiduals.
Plottheresidualsagainstx.Doyoudetectatrend?
Proposeanalternativemodelbasedontheplotpartb.
Fitandanalyzethemodelyouproposedinpartc.
8.12FairmarketvalueofHawaiianproperties.Priorto1980,privatehomeownersinHawaiihadto
leasethelandtheirhomeswerebuiltonbecausethelaw(datingbacktotheislandsfeudalperiod)
requiredthatlandbeownedonlybythebigestates.After1980,however,anewlawinstituted
condemnationproceedingssothatcitizenscouldbuytheirownland.Tocomplywiththe1980law,
onelargeHawaiianestatewantedtouseregressionanalysistoestimatethefairmarketvalueofits
land.Itsfirstproposalwasthequadraticmodel
E(y)=_0+_1x+_2x^2
HAWAII
PROPERTYLEASEDFEEVALUE
y,thousandsofdollarsSIZE
x,thousands
170.713.5
252.79.6
387.617.6
443.27.9
5103.811.5
645.18.2
786.815.2
873.312.0
9144.313.8
1061.310.0
11148.014.5
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1285.010.2
13171.218.7
1497.513.2
15158.116.3
1674.212.3
1747.07.7
1854.79.9
1968.011.2
2075.212.4

Where
y=Leasedfeevalue(i.e.,salepriceofproperty)
x=Sizeofpropertyinsquarefeet
Datacollectedfor20propertysalesinaparticularneighborhood,giveninthetableabove,were
usedtofitthemodel.Theleastsquarespredictionequationis
=44.0947+11.5339x.06378x^2

Calculatethepredictedvaluesandcorrespondingresidualsforthemodel.
Plottheresidualsversus.Doyoudetectanytrends?Ifsowhatdoesthepatternsuggest
aboutthemodel?
Conductatestforheteroscedasticity.[Hint:Dividethedataintotwosubsamples,x12andx
>12,andfitthemodeltobothsubsamples.]
Basedonyourresultsfrompartsbandc,howshouldtheestateproceed?
8.20Coolingmethodforgasturbines.RefertotheJournalofEgineeringforGasTurbinesand
Power(January2005)studyofahighpressureinletfoggingmethodforagasturbineengine,
Exercise8.11(p.407).Usearesidualgraphtochecktheassumptionofnormalerrorsforthe
interactionmodelforheatrate(y).Isthenormalityassumptionreasonablysatisfied?Ifnotsuggest
howtomodifythemodel.
8.28Modelinganemployeesworkhoursmissed.Alargemanufacturingfirmwantstodetermine
whetherarelationshipexistsbetweeny,thenumberofworkhoursanemployeemissesperyear,
andx,theemployeesannualwages.Asampleof15employeesproducedthedatainthe
accompanyingtable.
MISSWORK
EMPLOYEEWORKHOURSMISSEDyANNUALWAGESx,thousandsofdollars
14912.8
23614.5
31278.3
49110.2
57210.0
63411.5
71558.8
81117.2
91917.8
10615.8
116310.8
12799.7
1354312.1
145721.2
158210.9
Fitthefirstordermodel,(y)=_0+_1x,tothedata.
Plottheregressionresiduals.Whatdoyounotice?
Aftersearchingthroughitsemployeesfiles,thefirmfoundthatemployee#13hadbeenfiredbut
thathisnamehadnotbeenremovedfromtheactiveemployeepayroll.Thisexplainsthelarge
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accumulationofworkhoursmissed(543)bythatemployee.Inviewofhisfact,whatisyour
recommendationconcerningthisoutlier?
8.46Analysisoftelevisionmarketshare.Thedatainthetablearethemonthlymarketsharesfor
aproductovermostofthepastyear.Theleastsquareslinerelatingmarketsharetotelevision
advertisingexpenditureisfoundtobe
=1.56+.687x
TVSHARE
MONTHMARKETSHARE
y,%TELEVISIONADVERTISINGEXPENDITURE
x,thousandsofdollars
January1523
February1727
March1725
May1321
June1220
July1424
September1626
October1423
December1525

Calculateandplottheregressionresidualsinthemanneroutlinedinthissection.
Theresponsevariabley,marketshare,isrecordedasapercentage.Whatdoesthisleadyouto
believeabouttheleastsquaresassumptionofhomoscedasticity?Doestheresidualplot
substantiatethisbelief?
Whatvariancestabilizingtransformationissuggestedbythetrendintheresidualplot?Refitthe
firstordermodelusingthetransformedresponses.Calculateandplotthesenewregression
residuals.Isthereevidencethatthetransformationhasbeensuccessfulinstabilizingthevariance
oftheerrorterm,?
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