Figure 11.

(a) Scatter diagram of y against x suggests that the relationship is nonlinear. (b) Plot of residuals against fitted values in panel a; the curvature of the relationship is shown more clearly. (c) Scatter diagram of y against x suggests that the variability in y increases with x. (d) Plot of residuals against fitted values for panel c; the increasing variability in y with x is shown more clearly.

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