Why Are Infectious Agents More Easily Spread More Among People

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why are infectious agents more easily spread more among people who live in a city such as the one pictured below?

• A)Air pollution contributes to the spread of infectious agents.
• B)Extremely crowded conditions make the transmission of infectious agents easier.
• C)Industrial pollutants like POPs increase the risk of spreading infectious diseases.
• D)Road construction allows infectious agents to move into cities.

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Definitions:

Stepwise Regression

A method of regression analysis that involves adding or removing predictors based on their statistical significance in a step-by-step manner to identify a model with optimal predictors.

P-values

A measure in statistical hypothesis tests representing the probability of observing the given or more extreme results assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Stepwise Regression

Stepwise regression is a statistical method of building predictive models by sequentially adding or removing variables based solely on their statistical significance.

Multiple Regression

A procedure within statistics for modeling how various independent variables impact a single dependent variable.