1. Much of the data that public health professionals have access to includes web tools for analysis or reports that discuss the applied analysis from the data. Given the limited amount of statistical calculations required by some public health positions, explain why it is important for you to know how to utilize appropriate software to perform these tasks. Support your ideas with reasons, facts, and examples.
2. Given the other statistical tests discussed so far, what strengths does linear regression provide that the other tests do not? Identify a peer-reviewed study that uses linear regression in its analysis. Explain why linear regression was used and discuss one challenge in interpreting the results.
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