The Health Ministry in Bahamas is concerned with the high incidence of heart attacks
and strokes over the last ten years. They are interested in determining the causal factors
in order to develop appropriate mitigating strategies to combat these issues. A consultant
was hired and data collected on 200 healthcare recipients. Using the data in the Microsoft
Excel file attached you are required to use the knowledge you have acquired during the
semester to answer the following question. Ensure that your responses are detailed and
all the necessary steps are clearly outlined
. Using JASP, develop a model to determine if the medical cost is dependent on the
income, age of respondents and the number of days of exercise per week. Is the
model useful? [3 marks]
ii. Should any of the variables be removed from the model. In responding, construct
and test any appropriate hypothesis. [6 marks]
iii. Would the addition of the body mass index improve the predictive power of the
model? Explain. [2 marks]