Yield Time Temp 50.95 76.0 170 47.35 80.5 165 50.99 78.0 182 44.96 89.0 185 41.89 93.0 180 41.44 92.1 172 51.79 77.8 170 50.78 84.0 180 42.48 87.3 165 49.80 75.0 172 48.74 85.0 185 46.20 90.0 176 50.49 85.0 178 52.78 79.2 174 49.71 83.0 168 52.75 82.0 179 39.41 94.0 181 43.63 91.4 184 38.19 95.0 173 50.92 81.1 169 46.55 88.8 183 44.28 91.0 178 48.72 87.0 175 49.13 86.0 175 The investigation concerns the influence of reaction time and temperature on process yield. A description of this data that I read indicates that a nonlinear relationship is to be expected.