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BIOL 300 Assignment 9 Chapter 17

14. (a) The number of added nutrients should be the explanatory variable (X), as this was controlled by the experimenters. The response variable of interest (Y) is the number of plant species supported.

(b) b = !3.34 (3.34 species are lost for each nutrient added), SE = 1.10. (c) R2 = 0.54 (d) H0: There is no treatment effect (! = 0) HA: There is a treatment effect (! ! 0) t = !3.04, df = 8, P = 0.016, t0.05(2),8 = 2.31. Since t > 2.31, P < 0.05. Reject H0. Conclude that adding more nutrients reduces the number of plant species supported. 16. (a) The equation is a power function, which can be made linear by taking the log of each side: log(R) = log(!) + " log(M). " is now the slope of a linear relationship between ln mass (X) and ln basal metabolic rate (Y). After taking logs and applying the usual formulas we get b = 0.74. (b) The formula for the line is calculated as: Y = !4.05 + 0.74 X , where X is ln mass and Y is ln basal metabolic rate:

(c) SE = 0.042, t0.05(2),15 = 2.13, 0.65 < " < 0.83 22. (a) The relationship between the days survived and spores produced is non-linear. Square root transformed number of spores rises with increasing host longevity but then appears to decline at the longest host lifespans. (b) A quadratic curve.

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