although you might suspect that dissatisfied people would be most likely individuals to participate in political activities in an attempt to change things, research tends to show just the opposite. Flavin and Keane found a positive relationship between life satisfaction and political participation. which included such as attending rallies, contributing to candidates, and displaying a yard sign. The following are data similar to those obtained in the study. Life satisfaction 5 8 3 6 3 1 4 2. Political participation 4 7 2 9 5 3 6 4. a) find the regression equation from life satisfaction. b) using the alpha=0.05 test significance of the regression equation.