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3.36 Table B.25 contains data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on motor vehicle fatalities from 1966 to 2012, along with several other variables.

3.36 Table B.25 contains data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on motor vehicle fatalities from 1966 to 2012, along with several other variables. These data are used by a variety of governmental and industry groups, as well as research organizations. a. Plot the fatalities data. Comment on the graph. b. Construct a scatter plot of fatalities versus number of licensed drivers. Comment on the apparent relationship between these two factors. c. Fit a simple linear regression model to the fatalities data, using the number of licensed drivers as the predictor variable. Discuss the summary statistics from this model. d. Analyze the residuals from the model in part c. Discuss the adequacy of the fitted model. e. Calculate the Durbin-Watson test statistic for the model in part c. Is there evidence of autocorrelation in the residuals? Is a time series regression model more appropriate than an OLS model for these data

Year Fatalities Resident Population (Thousands) Licensed Drivers (Thousands) Registered Motor Vehicles (Thousands) Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions) Annual Unemployment Rate (%)
1966 50894.00 196560.00 100998.00 95703.00 926.00 3.80
1967 50724.00 198712.00 103172.00 98859.00 964.00 3.80
1968 52725.00 200706.00 105410.00 102987.00 1016.00 3.60
1969 53543.00 202677.00 108306.00 107412.00 1062.00 3.50
1970 52627.00 205052.00 111543.00 111242.00 1110.00 4.90
1971 52542.00 207661.00 114426.00 116330.00 1179.00 5.90
1972 54589.00 209896.00 118414.00 122557.00 1260.00 5.60
1973 54052.00 211909.00 121546.00 130025.00 1313.00 4.90
1974 45196.00 213854.00 125427.00 134900.00 1281.00 5.60
1975 44525.00 215973.00 129791.00 126153.00 1328.00 8.50
1976 45523.00 218035.00 134036.00 130793.00 1402.00 7.70
1977 47878.00 220239.00 138121.00 134514.00 1467.00 7.10
1978 50331.00 222585.00 140844.00 140374.00 1545.00 6.10
1979 51093.00 225055.00 143284.00 144317.00 1529.00 5.80
1980 51091.00 227225.00 145295.00 146845.00 1527.00 7.10
1981 49301.00 229466.00 147075.00 149330.00 1555.00 7.60
1982 43945.00 231664.00 150234.00 151148.00 1595.00 9.70
1983 42589.00 233792.00 154389.00 153830.00 1653.00 9.60
1984 44257.00 235825.00 155424.00 158900.00 1720.00 7.50
1985 43825.00 237924.00 156868.00 166047.00 1775.00 7.20
1986 46087.00 240133.00 159486.00 168545.00 1835.00 7.00
1987 46390.00 242289.00 161816.00 172750.00 1921.00 6.20
1988 47087.00 244499.00 162854.00 177455.00 2026.00 5.50
1989 45582.00 246819.00 165554.00 181165.00 2096.00 5.30
1990 44599.00 249464.00 167015.00 184275.00 2144.00 5.60
1991 41508.00 252153.00 168995.00 186370.00 2172.00 6.80
1992 39250.00 255030.00 173125.00 184938.00 2247.00 7.50
1993 40150.00 257783.00 173149.00 188350.00 2296.00 6.90
1994 40716.00 260327.00 175403.00 192497.00 2358.00 6.10
1995 41817.00 262803.00 176628.00 197065.00 2423.00 5.60
1996 42065.00 265229.00 179539.00 201631.00 2484.00 5.40
1997 42013.00 267784.00 182709.00 203568.00 2552.00 4.90
1998 41501.00 270248.00 184861.00 208076.00 2628.00 4.50
1999 41717.00 272691.00 187170.00 212685.00 2690.00 4.20
2000 41945.00 282162.00 190625.00 217028.00 2747.00 4.00
2001 42196.00 284969.00 191276.00 221230.00 2796.00 4.70
2002 43005.00 287625.00 194602.00 225685.00 2856.00 5.80
2003 42884.00 290108.00 196166.00 230633.00 2890.00 6.00
2004 42836.00 292805.00 198889.00 237949.00 2965.00 5.50
2005 43510.00 295517.00 200549.00 245628.00 2989.00 5.10
2006 42708.00 298380.00 202810.00 251415.00 3014.00 4.60
2007 41259.00 301231.00 205742.00 257472.00 3031.00 4.60
2008 37423.00 304094.00 208321.00 259360.00 2977.00 5.80
2009 33883.00 306772.00 209618.00 258958.00 2957.00 9.30
2010 32999.00 309326.00 210115.00 257312.00 2967.00 9.60
2011 32479.00 311588.00 211875.00 265043.00 2950.00 8.90
2012 33561.00 313914.00 211815.00 265647.00 2969.00 8.10

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