The difference between a linear regression and a correlation is largely philosophical. linear regression implies a causal relationship, while correlation does not. which of the following examples are best described as a correlation? a. the global mean temperature has gone up while the global pirate population has gone down. b. the roots of trees play a major role in preventing soil erosion. the more trees are cut down in a particular area, the greater the rate of erosion. c. the growth of trees is supported by environments with increased carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel burning has resulted in increased tree growth. d. when nitraie reacts with n-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine a purple pigment is produced. the amount of purple pigment produced increases with increasing nitrite concentration.

In january 2010, you began a one-year study of tuberculosis (tb) in a subsidized housing community in the lower east side of new york city. you enrolled 500 residents in your study and checked on their tb status on a monthly basis. at the start of your study on january 1st, you screened all 500 residents. upon screening, you found that 30 of the healthy residents had been vaccinated for tb and therefore were not at risk. another 20 residents already had existing cases of tb on january 1st. on february 1st, 5 residents developed tb. on april 1st, 10 more residents developed tb. on june 1st, 10 healthy residents moved away from new york city and were lost to follow-up. on july 1st, 10 of the residents who had existing tb on january 1st died from their disease. the study ended on december 31, 2010. assume that once a person gets tb, they have it for the duration of the study, and assume that all remaining residents stayed healthy and were not lost to follow-up. is the subsidized housing community in the lower east side of new york city a dynamic or fixed population? briefly explain the rationale for your answer. dynamic population it can changeable people can move out and move in into the population of a subsidized housing what was the prevalence of tb in the screened community on january 1st? prevalence = 30/500 0.06= 6% what was the prevalence of tb on june 30th? prevalence= 40/450=0.08= 8.88% what was the cumulative incidence of tb over the year? cumulative incidence = number of new cases/number in candidate population)over specified time period 10/450 = 2.2% suppose that you wanted to calculate the incidence rate of tb in the study population. calculate the amount of person-time that would go in the denominator of this incidence rate. be sure to show your work.