The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 5 - Regression - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 130: 5.3c

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Since the slope is 1021, converting it to thousands, we have: Slope = 1.021 This implies that the loss of forest area is a little above 1000 km square per year.

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