The following table explains the number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-44 years in United States, starting in 1965.
Year: 65 70 75 80 85 90 95
Rate: 19.4 18.4 14.8 15.9 15.6 16.4 14.8
A.) Determine the equation for regression line which best fits these data and provide the correlation. Show your work.
B.) Interpret the meaning of slop of the regression line in terms of live births and time.
C.) What does the regression line predict for birth rate in 2012? Show your work.