A regression analysis between the suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation vs Number of lawyers in North Carolina yields i shown below:

1. What is the correlation between suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation vs Number of lawyers in North Carolina?

2. Does the correlation above imply that the lawyers are causing the suicides?

3. Estimate the number of suicides if there are 8161 lawyers.

Statistics Variable N N' Mean SE Mean StDev Minimum Q1 Median 03 Suicides by hanging, strangulati 4283 14204 5688 6462 7336 8578 number of lawyers in NC 11 9 17029 463 1535 14881 15678 16912 18339 Variable Maximum Suicides by hanging, strangulat 54270 number of lawyers in INC 19637 The regression equation is Suicides by hanging, strangulatorymber of lawyers in NC Model Summary S R-sq R-sqladj) 135.605 98.76% 98.63% Analysis of Variance Source DF MS Regression 1 13213336 13213336 718.56 0.000 Error 9 165498 183:89 Total 10 13378834 Fitted Line Plot Suicides by hanging strangulate 0.7486 number of lawyers in NC 9000 8000 Suicides by hanging. strangulat 7000 8000 5000 15400 16000 14000 19000 20000 number of lawyers in NC