5.109 “Warming Reducing Rice Yields\" reported in 2004 that, according to the la

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5.109 “Warming Reducing Rice Yields" reported in 2004 that, according to the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "an average daily temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius resulted in a 10% reduction in the rice crop." In the United States, corn and soybean yields were found to reduce in a manner similar to that of rice in the Philippines. a. Which of the variables, rice yield and 47 temperature, is the explanatory variable? or negative? above report: intercept, slope, or b. Was the relationship found to be positive c. Which one of these is referred to in the correlation? d. The article reports that "most earlier studies of the effects of global warming

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Answer:

a).

Temperature is the explanatory variable.

b).

Negative correlation ( increase in temperature associated with decrease in rice yield).

c).

The slope is reported as 10%.

d).

The slope b1.

e).

Statistic

f).

Data production.

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