UV's and Skin Cancer a Medical Statistician Wanted to Examine

question 68

Essay

UV's and Skin Cancer A medical statistician wanted to examine the relationship between the amount of UV's ( x )and incidence of skin cancer ( y ). As an experiment he found the number of skin cancers detected per 100,000 of population and the average daily sunshine in eight states around the country. These data are shown below. {UV's and Skin Cancer Narrative} Calculate the Pearson coefficient. What sign does it have? Why?

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