1) Is it safe to assume the ROV estimate of how many lionfish (independent variable) is equivalent to the number of lionfish that are on the reef assuming that the diver doing the removal (dependent variable) captures all the lionfish on the reef?

Use the table on the bottom to answer Question 1

A B C D E F G H J K L M N O p Q ROV Lionfish Count Lionfish Removed SUMMARY OUTPUT 70 IN 5 7 y = 1.1458x + 2.272 W 9 12 Regression Statistics 60 RZ = 0.9289 11 14 Multiple F 0.963816186 50 15 17 R Square 0.92894164 40 16 15 Adjusted | 0.924993953 Lionfish Removed 7 17 27 Standard [ 4.617003195 30 20 31 Observati 20 20 22 31 10 10 23 25 ANOVA 0 11 26 32 df SS MS F Significance F 10 20 30 40 50 60 12 29 35 Regressio 1 5016.099067 5016.0991 235.3129 8.85463E-12 Lionfish Count 13 34 48 Residual 18 383.7009331 21.316719 14 36 45 Total 19 5399.8 Series1 Series2 ..... Linear (Series2) 15 39 39 16 39 42 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95% Upper 95% Lower 95.0% Upper 95.0% 17 42 50 Intercept 2.271976548 2.376048489 0.9561996 0.351639 -2.719916092 7.26386919 -2.71991609 7.263869188 18 45 57 X Variable 1.145829789 0.07469598 15.339912 8.85E-12 0.988899358 1.30276022 0.988899358 1.30276022 19 45 63 20 49 54 21 51 58 27