A Statistician Investigating the Relationship Between the Amount of Precipitation

question 114

Essay

A statistician investigating the relationship between the amount of precipitation (in inches)and the number of automobile accidents gathered data for 10 randomly selected days.The results are shown below.(We cannot assume these variables have normal distributions.) Calculate the Spearman rank correlation coefficient,and test to determine at the 5% significance level whether we can infer that a linear relationship exists between the number of accidents and the amount of precipitation.

Analyze the distribution of high and low precipitation areas based on atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns.

Describe the characteristics and geographical distribution of the tropics.

Differentiate between warm and cold ocean currents and their influences on climate.

Understand and describe the phenomenon and impacts of El Niño and La Niña.

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