Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Review - Case Study - Thomas Malthus, Population, and Subsistence - Page 252: f

Answer

The result is reasonable. According to the results obtained, the United States cannot serve a diverse diet after the year 2211. The result is reasonable because the time and the quantity of used area are negatively related, which indicates that the quantity of area decreases as the time period rises.

Work Step by Step

The presence of lurking variables such as a change in weather with respect to time, the increase in population, and use of technology in each sector of day-to-day life can affect the result. The result can be affected by the presence of the lurking variables that are not considered at the time of constructing the prediction model. The change in weather with respect to time, the increase in population, and use of technology in each sector of day-to-day life may be considered as lurking variables, which can affect the result.
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