Malaria is a leading cause of infectious disease and death worldwide.It is also a popular example of a vector-borne disease that could be greatly affected by the influence of climate change.The scatterplot shows total precipitation (in mm)in select cities in West Africa on the x axis and the percent of people who tested positive for malaria in the select cities on the y axis in 2000.
There are influential points in the scatterplot.

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Malaria is a leading cause of infectious disease and death worldwide.It is also a popular example of a vector-borne disease that could be greatly affected by the influence of climate change.The scatterplot shows total precipitation (in mm)in select cities in West Africa on the x axis and the percent of people who tested positive for malaria in the select cities on the y axis in 2000.

There are influential points in the scatterplot.

Stanley Asiegbu · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : True, Explanation :  There are points that appear to be far from the general trend of the data, suggesting that they may have a large influence on the relationship between total precipitation and the percent of people who tested positive for malaria. Therefore, there are influential points in the scatterplot.

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