1. A researcher is interested in knowing if there is a relationship between the years presented in the table below and the average number of people in a family receiving welfare benefits. Year Average...

1.     A researcher is interested in knowing if there is a relationship between the years presented in the table below and the average number of people in a family receiving welfare benefits.

a. What are your conclusions and observations about the relationship between the two variables

b.What is the value of the intercept
a?

c. What is the value of the slope
b?

d. Write the linear regression equation