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Name:
Bennett5

Procedure: Nonlinear Least Squares Regression
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Data: 1 Response Variable (y)
1 Predictor Variable (x)
154 Observations
Higher Level of Difficulty
Observed Data
Model: y = f(x;beta) + e = beta(1)(beta(2) + x) ^-1/beta(3) + 3


               Starting Values     

Parameter		      Start 1      Start 2      Start 3
     beta(1) -2.0000000000E+03 -1.5000000000E+03 -2.5235058043E+03
     beta(2) 5.0000000000E+01 4.5000000000E+01 4.6736564644E+01
     beta(3) 8.0000000000E-01 8.5000000000E-01 9.3218483193E-01