Using the output from the regression lab exercise with the skin cancer dataset answer the following questions:

  1. Write out the estimated regression equation.
  2. Are any of the predictors, latitude or longitude, useful in predicting skin cancer mortality rates?
  3. Does the effect of latitude on skin cancer mortality rates depend on the longitude?
  4. Comment on the L, N, and E assumptions for this regression model.
  5. Write out the new fitted regression equation without the interaction term.
  6. Is the relationship of skin cancer mortality with latitude and longitude stronger or weaker without the interaction term? Explain.
  7. What is the effect of latitude on the skin cancer mortality rate?