U V's and Skin Cancer

question 207

Essay

U V'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} Can we conclude at the 1% significance level that there is a linear relationship between sunshine and skin cancer?

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Definitions:

Somatosensory Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for processing sensory information from the body, such as touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception.

Dendrites

The branch-like structures of neurons that receive messages from other neurons and conduct impulses towards the cell body.

Terminal Buttons

Small structures at the end of a neuron's axon that release neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons.

Neuron's Cell

The basic working unit of the brain, a specialized cell designed to transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.