GROUP PROJECT

EEE382
PLEASE SUBMIT ON OR BEFORE 10 DECEMBER

1. In a tire-treadwear study, a factor believed to influence the amount of wear is

the ambient temperature. The data below represent wear rates of one brand
of tires that were measured in an experiment. Each of the test runs was made
at a different temperature and all were made using the same vehicle. Perform
a comprehensive regression analysis on these data. Are the intercept and
slope coefficients statistically significant?

Temperature ( 0F ) Tire Wear (mm)

66.0 1.17
70.3 1.00
53.2 1.15
53.3 1.07
88.1 0.97
89.6 0.94
78.4 1.33
76.9 1.36

2. An engineer is designing an electronic controller for an engine. To find the

proper settings to maximize the engine operation, he collects data on engine
throttle as a function of engine torque with the ultimate goal of obtaining a
prediction equation for engine throttle. The data are given below for 24 engine
settings.
(a) Find a prediction equation using torque as the predictor variable and
throttle as the response variable.
(b) Test the hypotheses that the slope is zero.

Throttle Torque
0.113 -29
1.221 179
2.263 325
3.334 385
4.365 407
5.510 411
0.114 -87
1.213 44
2.271 229
3.329 452
4.375 642
5.480 754
0.116 -99
1.207 -7
 2.275 162
3.324 375
4.390 559
5.450 670
0.121 -111
1.216 -47
2.277 100
3.330 282
4.385 505
5.510 577

3. The electric power consumed each month by a chemical plant is thought to

be related to the average ambient temperature (x 1), the number of days in the
month (x2), the average product purity (x3) and the tons of products produced
(x4). The past years historical data is available and is presented below:

y x1 x2 x3 x4
240 25 24 91 100
236 31 21 90 95
290 45 24 88 110
274 60 25 87 88
301 65 25 91 94
316 72 26 94 99
300 80 25 87 97
296 84 25 86 96
267 75 24 88 110
276 60 25 91 105
288 50 25 90 100
261 38 23 89 98

(a) Fit a multiple linear regression model to these data

(b) Test for significance of data
(c) Test whether the coefficients are significant
4. The data below is on the heat evolved in calories per gram of cement (y) for
various amounts of four ingredients (x1, x2, x3, x4).

y x1 x2 x3 x4
78.5 7 26 6 60
74.3 1 29 15 52
104.3 11 56 8 20
87.6 11 31 8 47
95.9 7 52 6 33
109.2 11 55 9 22
102.7 3 71 17 6
72.5 1 31 22 44
93.1 2 54 18 22
115.9 21 47 4 26
83.8 1 40 23 34
113.3 11 66 9 12
109.4 10 68 8 12

(a) Fit a multiple linear regression model to the above data.

(b) Test for significance of data.
(c) Test the null hypothesis that 4 0.
(d) Construct a 95% confidence interval for 2 .

5. The accountant at Tesco Department store wants to study the relationship between the amount of
purchases y and customer income x. A random sample of 15 customers provided the following data on
income and total purchases made at Tesco during 2005.
Customer Purchases (RM) Income (RM)
1 740 34000
2 1360 71500
3 1280 46000
4 1640 73000
5 1100 42500
6 1480 110500
7 680 31500
8 1000 37000
9 1440 97500
10 1520 85000
11 1560 72000
12 2080 178000
13 1920 157000
14 1200 51000
15 1140 18000

(a) Analyze the relationship between the amount of purchases and income.
(b) Fit the model to the data. Test whether the overall model is useful. Test whether each
predictor is useful. Use = 0.05
6. A physiologist wanted to investigate the relationship between the physical characteristics of
preadolescent boys and their maximal oxygen intake (measured in millilitres of oxygen per
kilogram of body weight). The data below is given:
Maximal oxygen Age, x1 years Height, x2 cm Weight, x3 kg. Chest depth, x4
intake, y cm.
1.54 8.4 132.0 29.1 14.4
1.74 8.7 135.5 29.7 14.5
1.32 8.9 127.7 28.4 14.0
1.50 9.9 131.1 28.8 14.2
1.46 9.0 130.0 25.9 13.6
1.35 7.7 127.6 27.6 13.9
1.53 7.3 129.9 29.0 14.0
1.71 9.9 138.1 33.6 14.6
1.27 9.3 126.6 27.7 13.9
1.50 8.1 131.8 30.8 14.5
(a) Fit a regression model for this data.
(b) Calculate the coefficient of correlation for each pair of independent variables. What
conclusion can you make?
(c) Test for significance of data.

7. The following data compiled by the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center gives the are in
square feet x1, the age x2 and price y of a random sample of 20 homes that were sold during
1999 in the St. Cloud area.
(a) Fit the regression model to the data. Test the usefulness of the model. Use significant
level 0.05 and interpret the R2.
(b) Find 95% confidence interval for 1

Home Area Age Price

1 770 15 69000
2 740 40 69900
3 832 40 78000
4 768 16 78750
5 700 1 80250
6 1030 27 81000
7 1120 24 96000
8 1068 11 96750
9 760 4 104850
10 1400 26 107850
11 1652 13 118350
12 1190 3 127500
13 1200 11 135900
14 1444 2 149813
15 1516 1 156600
16 2024 1 162000
17 1840 1 174000
18 1684 1 167850
19 1760 1 179250
20 1870 1 184500

8. An important factor in maintaining employee satisfaction and productivity is adequate

compensation for an employees responsibilities. The personnel manager needs to
continually monitor salaries for certain job types, and should compare these salaries with the
salaries of the industry. Given the data below,

(a) Plot industry salary versus job points and actual salary versus job points on the same
graph.
(b) Find the least squares regression equation that relates industry salary y to job points x.
Interpret the regression coefficients.
(c) Do the data provide sufficient evidence of a linear relationship between industry salary
and job points? Test using = 0.01

Job Points Industry Salary Actual Salary

250 240 220
340 240 250
365 255 300
390 265 245
450 250 255
490 280 300
505 290 330
530 290 280
540 290 300
620 330 320
770 355 400