DSME2021DE HW01

Textbook, Page 150, Question 3.68. (Note, the question is modified, you need to generate your own
regression results.)

3.68 Caring for hospital patients. Any medical item used in the care of hospital patients is called a factor.
For example, factors can be intravenous tubing, intravenous fluid, needles, shave kits, bedpans, diapers,
dressings, medications, and even code carts.
The coronary care unit at Bayonet Point Hospital (St. Petersburg, Florida) investigated the relationship
between the number of factors per patient, x, and the patient’s length of stay (in days), y. The data
for a random sample of 50 coronary care patients are given in the following table, while a SAS printout
of the simple linear regression analysis is shown on page 152. (In this case, you need to produce your
own estimation results.)

(a) Construct a scatterplot of the data.

(b) Find the least squares line for the data and plot it on your scatterplot.
(c) Define β1 in the context of this problem.
(d) Test the hypothesis that the number of factors per patient (x) contributes no information for
the prediction of the patient’s length of stay (y) when a linear model is used (use α = .05). Draw
the appropriate conclusions.
(e) Find a 95% confidence interval for β1. Interpret your results.
(f) Find the coefficient of correlation for the data. Interpret your results.
(g) Find the coefficient of determination for the linear model you constructed in part b. Interpret
your result.
(h) Find a 95% prediction interval for the length of stay of a coronary care patient who is administered
a total of x = 231 factors.

Note: Use the provided data set to perform a Least Squares linear regression estimation using Excel (or
any other software you prefer). Then answer all the questions based on your estimation results. Please
submit your homework in Excel (for other software, copy your output to excel) format. Please type your
answers in the Excel along with your regression results.

Due: February 12, 5:00 PM