In: Statistics and Probability
This question is in Chapter 4 of Quantitative Analysis for Management 13th Edition not included in the solutions portion of the problems.
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Annual rainfall plays an important role in corn agriculture. The drought of 2011 affected corn prices for years. Given the following data, build a model and predict the harvest for 2016 given the total rainfall was 6.45 inches. Critique your prediction.
Year | Rain(inches) | REAP(tons) |
2011 | 2.06 | 325 |
2012 | 5.11 | 408 |
2013 | 7.43 | 609 |
2014 | 6.12 | 512 |
2015 | 7.14 | 544 |