Regression

 

Practice Problem


Football Deaths:  Regression

Description: This dataset contains the number of deaths due to injuries sustained while playing football in the United States over a 24 year period.


Number of cases: 24


Variable Names:

  1. 1.year

  2. 2.deaths - number of deaths reported that year

Download the SPSS dataset:  football.sav


QUESTIONS:


    1. 1.Is there a significant relationship between number of deaths and the year?  If the relationship is significant, report the pearson r coefficient and describe the relationship.

    2. 2.Test a regression equation using Deaths as the dependent variable and Year and the independent variable.  Report and interpret R squared.

    3. 3.Calculate a regression equation.  Obtain a scatterplot and plot a regression line on the scatterplot.