Estimating repair and replacement costs of water pipes. A team of civil engineers used simple linear regression
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Estimating repair and replacement costs of water pipes.
A team of civil engineers used simple linear regression analysis to model the ratio of repair to replacement cost of commercial pipe as a function of the pipe’s diameter (IHS Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Sept. 2012).
a. In this study, identify the dependent and independent variables.
b. Explain why a probabilistic model is more appropriate than a deterministic model.
c. Write the equation of the straight-line, probabilistic model.
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