Question: Popularity of a first name. The Social Security Administration maintains lists of the top 1000 names for boys and girls born each year since 1879.30 The name "Atticus" made the list in seven recent years. Here are the ranks for those years:
(a) Plot rank versus year.
(b) Find the equation of the least-squares regression line and add it to your plot.
(c) Do these data suggest that the name "Atticus" is becoming more popular, less popular, or staying the same in popularity over this period of time? Give reasons for your answer.