The Use of Small Aircraft with Human Observers Is Common

Essay

The use of small aircraft with human observers is common in wildlife studies where the goal is to estimate the abundance of different species. Recently there has been interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The UAV, something about the size of a model airplane, would fly over the area of interest and take pictures to be analyzed by computers with imagery software when the UAV returns. The plot below is from a test run of the UAV over 10 areas in South Central Florida, using bird decoys to test the reliability of the process. (a)The least squares best fit line is . Plot this line on the graph above. Show any calculations in the space below.
(b)The least squares line is the line that minimizes the sum of the squared residuals. On the graph above pick 2 points and sketch the residuals associated with those points.