Bradley University, Department of Physical Therapy, Spring, 2000

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

Questions

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. Test a regression equation using Deaths as the dependent variable and Year and the independent variable.  Report and interpret R squared.
   
   
3. Calculate a regression equation.  Obtain a scatterplot and plot a regression line on the scatterplot. (You can hand draw the line).