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Dr Guinea Pigg would like to test if the amount of caffeine intake would affect how well laboratory rats performed on a specific task. He randomly assigned 40 rats to five groups (n = 8). Each rat walked the same maze after drinking caffeinated water. The amount of caffeine the rats took and the number of mistakes they made in walking the maze were recorded in the following table.
 Dosage 10mg20mg30mg40mg50mg16162575109812 Number of 11711114 mistakes 23121351618710811124131191223991919139924\begin{array}{crrrrr}\hline \text { Dosage } & 10 \mathrm{mg} & 20 \mathrm{mg} & 30 \mathrm{mg} & 40 \mathrm{mg} & 50 \mathrm{mg} \\\hline & 16 & 16 & 2 & 5 & 7 \\& 5 & 10 & 9 & 8 & 12 \\\text { Number of } & 11 & 7 & 11 & 1 & 14 \\\text { mistakes } & 23 & 12 & 13 & 5 & 16 \\& 18 & 7 & 10 & 8 & 11 \\& 12 & 4 & 13 & 11 & 9 \\& 12 & 23 & 9 & 9 & 19 \\& 19 & 13 & 9 & 9 & 24 \\\hline\end{array} Using the data, conduct a trend analysis to test if there is any linear, quadratic, or cubic trend ( α\alpha = .05).

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