Dr. Lillian Fok, a New Orleans psychologist, specializes in treating patients who are agoraphobic (i.e., afraid to leave their homes). The following table indicates how many patients Dr. Fok has seen each year for the past 10 years. It also indicates what the robbery rate was in New Orleans during the same year: Year12345678910Number of Patients35324142405662535862Robbery Rate per 1,000 Population57.860.672.675.778.589.599.695.4104.1117.2The simple linear regression equation that shows the best relationship between the number of patients and year is (round your responses to three decimal places): wheree y = Dependent Variable and x = Independent Variable. y= ________ + ___________x

Given that: Year (N) Number of Patients(x) Roberry Rate(y) 1 35 57.8 2 32 60.6 3 41…

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Dr. Lillian Fok, a New Orleans psychologist, specializes in treating patients who are agoraphobic (i.e., afraid to leave their homes). The following table indicates how many patients Dr. Fok has seen each year for the past 10 years. It also indicates what the robbery rate was in New Orleans during the same year:

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Number of Patients	35

Robbery Rate per 1,000 Population

57.8

60.6

72.6

75.7

78.5

89.5

99.6

95.4

104.1

117.2

The simple linear regression equation that shows the best relationship between the number of patients and year is (round your responses to three decimal places):

where

e y

= Dependent Variable and x = Independent Variable.

y= ________ + ___________x

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