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Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:54:41 +0000

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By: buzcooper

buzcooper — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:53:36 +0000

The correlation coefficient of the regression in the other graph (Percent of Blacks vs. Hospital Days) approaches zero (R2 = 0.149). In other words, there is no significant relationship between the percent of the population in a community that is black and the amount of health care utilized. In contrast, the correlation coefficient relating the Percent of Families in Poverty to Hospital Days is extraordinarily strong (R2 = 0.935). Poverty is a very strong determinant of utilization.

By: Bob P

Bob P — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:19:13 +0000

Gosh, when I stare at your (untitled and only-partially-explained) second graph, I am pretty sure that a regression line would have a fairly strong positive value. You drew a line in the first graph (…even gave us an R-squared…). Let’s see you do it in the second one too.