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Table 1: Population of Carbon County, Utah, U.S.

Census

Y = a + bx
n = 12

x=23460
y =211289
x 2=45878600

(i)

Find the best fit LS model?


x

b=

x
yn y

b = 9.82036

a=

yb x
n

a = 12.41667

y = 12.41667 + 9.82036x
(ii)

What is the growth rate of this model?


=9.82036

(iii)

Find the sum of square error?

Year
(x)

New Population
(y)

1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010

18671.101
18769.304
18867.507
18965.711
19063.915
19162.119
19260.322
19358.526
19456.729
19554.933
19653.137
19751.340

e =((12.41667+9.82036x)y)
13667.101
10145.304
3378.507
1167.711
604.915
-5738.881
-1874.678
3711.526
-2722.271
-673.067
-768.863
-1651.66

e2
186789649.7
102927193.3
11414309.55
1363548.98
365922.16
32934755.13
3514417.60
13775425.25
7410759.40
453019.19
591150.31
2727980.76

e 2=364268131. 3

(iv)

Which point is most likely erroneous? Remove this point and find the new least
square best fit model and its sum of square error?
-Year 1900 is the most erroneous, 13667.101

Year
(x)
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010

Population

New Population

e^2

8624
15489
17798
18459
24901
21135
15647
22179
20228
20422
21403

18227.206
18332.402
18437.598
18542.794
18647.99
18753.186
18858.382
18963.578
19068.774
19173.97
19279.166

9603.206
2843.402
639.598
83.794
-6253.01
-2381.814
3211.382
-3215.422
-1159.226
-1248.03
-2123.834

92221565.48
8084934.934
409085.6016
7021.4344
39100134.06
5673037.931
10312974.35
10338938.64
1343804.919
1557578.881
4510670.86

Y = a + bx
n = 11
x

x=2156 0 y =20628 5 x 2=4226860 0

b=

x
yn y

b = 10.5196

a=

yb x
n

a = -1865.23x

y = 10.5196x-1865.23

e 2=173559747. 1

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