Researchers wanted to investigate the relationship between employment and accommodation capacity in a​ continent's tourism and travel industry. The data table contains a sample of 27 countries in the...

Researchers wanted to investigate the relationship between employment and accommodation capacity in a​ continent's tourism and travel industry. The data table contains a sample of 27 countries in the continent. Variables included in the number of jobs generates in the travel and tourism industry​ (in thousands) in 2012 and the number of establishments that provide overnight accommodation for tourists​ (in thousands).

b. Fit a quadratic regression model to predict the number of jobs generated and state the quadratic regression equation.

Extracted text: Number of Overnight Number of Jobs Establishments (thousands) (thousands) 217.7 19.7 3.5 92.9 2.3 98.1 2.2 146.2 0.8 25.5 7.5 234.1 1.1 192.5 1.1 19.6 51.4 1.3 28 1140.7 719.1 53.2 28.1 348.3 2.8 215 152.4 859.7 0.7 28.7 0.5 21.8 0.6 7 493.2 2.3 101.5 7 308.2 2.3 326.2 5 198 2.5 54.2 1 32.6 45.3 476.3 4.2 79 86.7 939.7