In: Statistics and Probability
An agent for a real estate company wanted to predict the monthly rent for apartments based on the size of the apartment. The data for a sample of
25 apartments is available below. Perform a t test for the slope to determine if a significant linear relationship between the size and the rent exists.
a. At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a linear relationship between the size of the apartment and the monthly rent?
b. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population slope, betaβ1.
| Size_(sq._ft) | Rent_($) | 
| 850 | 1925 | 
| 1440 | 2575 | 
| 1075 | 2225 | 
| 1242 | 2525 | 
| 728 | 1950 | 
| 1485 | 2725 | 
| 1126 | 2675 | 
| 726 | 1935 | 
| 690 | 1850 | 
| 966 | 2150 | 
| 1110 | 2375 | 
| 1285 | 2675 | 
| 1985 | 3275 | 
| 1369 | 2800 | 
| 1165 | 2400 | 
| 1225 | 2475 | 
| 1235 | 2125 | 
| 1269 | 2675 | 
| 1160 | 2175 | 
| 906 | 2125 | 
| 1361 | 2600 | 
| 1040 | 2625 | 
| 745 | 2200 | 
| 1010 | 1825 | 
| 1210 | 2750 | 
You can use any software to solve this question.


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