MAT 110 Wilmington University COVID Tracking Project

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MAT110 COVID 19 Project
Part 1: Gather your data
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Go to the COVID tracking project website.
Select a state on the right hand side. Do not pick DE!
Example: I picked DE for my state. This is what I see:
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Select “Historical data”
Scroll to the bottom of the list to the earliest data. Example for DE I see the following.
March 11 is day 0 with 1 positive case. March 12 is day 1 with 4 cases. March 13 is day
2, with 4 positive cases. March 14 is day 3, with 6 positive cases. Etc. Gather 12 data
points.
x-values for DE: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
y-values for DE: 1,4,4,6,6,8,16,25,30,38,45,56
Part 2: Create your graph and your equation
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Create an account in Desmos. It is free.
Click the + on the top left. Select the table. Enter your x values in the table. Then enter
the y values in your table.
Click the wrench on the top right. Change your x axis to be 0 < x < 12 and your y axis to go from 0 to one more than your maximum number of cases. Here is my example for DE: Click below your chart and type in y1 ~ mx1 + b. Here is my example: Part 3: write your report In your report, complete the following: • What is your web link? Click the arrow on the top right and copy your link. Paste is in your report. • • What is your correlation coefficient (r) provided by Desmos? How close it is to 1? Use the m and b provided in Desmos to state the equation for your least squares regression line. What is the meaning of your slope? Use your equation to predict the number of cases for your state for day 50. Explain your work. • Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: Data Analytics data management COVID Tracking Project User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.