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The percent of female wage and salary workers who are paid hourly rates is given below for the years 1979 - 1992. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor)

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a. Using "year" as the independent variable and "percent" as the dependent variable, make a scatter plot of the data.

b. Does it appear from inspection that there is a relationship between the variables? Why or why not?

c. Calculate the least squares line. Put the equation in the form of: y = a + bx

d. Find the correlation coefficient. Is it significant?

e. Find the estimated percents for 1991 and 1988.

f. Use the two points in (e) to plot the least squares line on your graph from (b).

g. Based on the above data, is there a linear relationship between the year and the percent of female wage and salary earners who are paid hourly rates?

h. Are there any outliers in the above data?

i. What is the estimated percent for the year 2050? Does the least squares line give an accurate estimate for that year? Explain why or why not?

j. What is the slope of the least squares (best-fit) line? Interpret the slope.

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