To test the effects of radiation, a researcher irradiated male mice with various dosages and bred them with unexposed female mice. The table below shows the fraction of fertilized eggs that survived, as a function of the radiation dosage. (Source: Strickberger, Monroe W., 1976)
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Radiation (rems)
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Relative survival
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- Enter the data into your calculator and create a scatterplot. Does the graph appear to be linear? Does it appear to be quadratic?
- Fit a quadratic regression equation to the data and graph the equation on the scatterplot.