Brazil COVID-19. In Brazil, a doctor is analyzing the association between the number of New Cases of
Question:
Brazil COVID-19. In Brazil, a doctor is analyzing the association between the number of New Cases of COVID-19 and the number of New Deaths resulting from it. He retrieves the data from March 18, 2020, to May 15, 2020 (https://
github.com/owid/covid-19-data/blob/master/public/data/
owid-covid-data.csv) and uses the association to draw the following conclusions. Explain why each statement is incorrect.
(Assume that all the calculations were done properly.)
a) The number of New Cases determine 94% of the number of New Deaths due to COVID-19.
b) The slope of the line shows that a decrease of 0.0685 in New Cases will produce a New Death due to COVID-19.
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Business Statistics
ISBN: 9781292269313
4th Global Edition
Authors: Norean Sharpe, Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman