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The Puti’Ekam shrine south of the city Erehwon in middle Asia has long baffled scholars as to its purpose and usage. The shrine was in operation for nearly 5000 years but has been abandoned for over 1000 years. A recent discovery has led archeologists to wonder whether they can discover some of reasons that so many patrons visited the shrine for so many years.
A cave near the shrine found 2000 tablets that appear to be a record keeping of the number of visits to the shrine each year. Unfortunately the tablets were mixed together, and some were broken beyond recognition, so there is no way to know what year each tablet corresponded to.
The information found on the tablet shows for each year:
Shrine: Believed to be the number of visitors to the shrine
Rain: The amount of rainfall (units are unknown)
Crop: The crop yield (what was grown is unknown)
Children: The number of children born that year (area included in the study is unknown)
Deaths: The number of deaths that year (assumed to be same area as children)
City Size: The size of Erehwon, the most nearby city. Due to a number of catastrophes and wars
this cannot be used to put the tablets in chronological order.
Wonders: This variable is completely unknown, except for the translation of the word “wonder”
Chief: Each tablet is marked with the word “Chief” or “Chieftess”. It is known the Erehwon was
ruled by both genders and the ruler changed quite frequently.
Due to a bizarre mixture of nepotism, timing, and secrecy you have access to the data before anyone else, and a chance to write an article on it. See what you can discover.
Rubric Shrine data
Points are points that may be deducted from 100 (to a minimum of zero)
Score / Points / Description5 / Title, looks nice, formatted well
5 / Proper English and grammar
5 / Intro explains value of report
5 / What program was used
10 / What alpha level was used
5 / Examined the data with a plot
10 / Discussed the distribution of shrine visits
15 / Found errors
5 / Justified how the errors were dealt with
10 / Searched for non-linear forms
10 / Justified non-linear terms
10 / Searched for categorical interactions
10 / Justified categorical interactions
10 / Searched for numerical interactions
10 / Justified numerical interactions
5 / Explained effect of rain
10 / Explained effect of crop
15 / Explained effect of children
15 / Explained effect of deaths
10 / Explained effect of city size
15 / Explained effect of wonders
10 / Explained effect of chief
15 / Discussed prediction of shrine visits
15 / Discussed the accuracy of the prediction
5 / Mentioned R2
20 / Justified the model with residuals
10 / Explained all output in the report
5 / Conclusion summarized results