Question

Rain and Hantavirus in Mice Hantavirus is carried by wild rodents and causes severe lung disease in humans. A recent study1 on the California Channel Islands found that increased prevalence of the virus was linked with greater precipitation. The study adds "Precipitation accounted for of the variation in prevalence."

Answer 1

Answer:

The overview of the given situation is described in the explanation segment below.

Step-by-step explanation:

• By the details received, the reference variable becomes actual prevalence or occurrence of another virus whereas the descriptive variable becomes precipitation 'Precipitation compensated for 79% throughout variability with prevalence.'

As we know that the determination's coefficient will be:

⇒  $R^2$

(Percent of variance in the answer variable described by the explanatory variable).

Now the correlation among the two variables will be:

As we know,

⇒  $r^2=R^2$

⇒  $r^2=0.79$

⇒  $r=\sqrt{0.79}$

⇒  $r=0.889$