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Table 3- Number of rabbits seen during a winter roadside count in Champaign County, 
in relation to orientation of roads, frequency of farm homesites, and hilliness. 
U.S.G.S. 
Quadrang 1 e 
North-South Roads 
East-V/est Roads 
Number 
of 
Miles 
Homesites 
per Mile 
x i 
10 -foot 
Contours 
per Mile 
*2 
Rabbits 
Seen 
per 
Mile 
Y 
Number 
of 
Miles 
Homesites 
per Mile 
x i 
Rabbits 
10-foot Seen 
Contours per 
per Mile Mile 
X 2 Y 
Mahomet 
195-5 
2.210 
2.466 
0.240 
185.1 
2.123 
2.599 
0.189 
Urbana 
193.3 
2.447 
1 .837 
0.305 
188.3 
2-379 
2.002 
0.218 
Villa Grove 
201 .1 
1 -959 
1 .929 
0.313 
203.9 
2.001 
1 .751 
0.142 
Tuscola 
186.0 
2.167 
1 .048 
0.360 
201 .4 
2.249 
1 .509 
0.243 
Gibson City 
216.0 
1 .782 
2.259 
0.477 
190.5 
2.068 
2.173 
0.299 
Paxton 
192.5 
1 .891 
2.343 
0.281 
195.3 
2.023 
2.186 
0.256 
Average 
2.069 
1 .992 
0.332 
2.139 
2.027 
0.224 
Correlation Coefficients 
Simple 
r 1 2 = 
r yi = 
r y 2 " 
Partial 
r y i * 2 
r y 2 -1 
-0.288 
-0.365 
- 0.128 
= -0.423 
= -0.261 
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