People are getting sick. in the first week three people are sick. second week th

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People are getting sick. in the first week three people are sick. second week there are 7. 3rd week there are 18 people sick. 4th week there are 43 cases of people sick.

Here is a chart incase it dosent make sense...

week .....sick cases

1............... 3

2 ...............7

3............... 18

4 ...............43

How many people would you predict to be sick in the next few weeks?

can you come up with a rule to describe the number of people sick on any given week?

when did people start getting sick?

What are the limits to your rule?

explain how you solved the problem.

Explanation / Answer

This could be solved through regression analysis

Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95% Upper 95% Lower 95.0% Upper 95.0% Intercept -15 9.193748 -1.63154 0.244359 -54.5575 24.5575 -54.5575 24.5575 X Variable 1 13.1 3.357082 3.902198 0.059838 -1.34436 27.54436 -1.34436 27.54436 Sick cases = -15 +13.1(Week) For week 5, sick cases = -15 + (13.1*5) = 50.5

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