Step 1: Make a scatterplot that shows how suicide rate can be predicted from hom

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Step 1: Make a scatterplot that shows how suicide rate can be predicted from homicide rate. Select the correct scatterplot from the options below.

Step 2: Find the least-squares regression line for predicting suicide rate from homicide rate. __Answer 1__ + __Answer 2__ (Homicide). Round your answers to three decimal places. Answer 1 Answer 2

Step 3: Another Ohio county has a homicide rate of 8.0 per 100,000 people. What is the county’s predicted suicide rate? Round your answer to 3 decimal places.

Explanation / Answer

Ans:

a) The correct scatterplot for the above dataset is figure 3.

b) On running the regression for the above dataset we find the following regression line equation:

Suicide= 11.125 + 0.195 Homicide

c) Given Ohio's homicide rate is = 0.00008

The predicted suicide rate = 11.125+0.195*0.00008 =

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