Sunshine and Melanoma a Medical Researcher Wanted to Examine the Relationship

question 53

Essay

Sunshine and Melanoma A medical researcher wanted to examine the relationship between the amount of sunshine ( x )in hours, and incidence of melanoma, a type of skin cancer ( y ). As an experiment he found the number of melanoma cases detected per 100,000 of population and the average daily sunshine in eight counties around the country. These data are shown below. {Sunshine and Melanoma Narrative} Determine the least squares regression line.

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Definitions:

Genes

Segments of DNA that code for specific traits or functions and are the basic physical and functional units of heredity.

Collection

An accumulation of objects or data gathered for study, comparison, or exhibition.

Naturalistic Fallacy

The (mistaken) idea that anything “natural” must be “good.”

Evolutionary Fallacy

The erroneous argument or assumption that every current trait or behavior of a species can be fully explained by its evolutionary utility or adaptation.