A new hospital tracked the number of births during its first 6 months of operation, as shown in the table.
A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled month with entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The second column is labeled number of births with entries 137, 110, 93, 70, 65, 77.
Find a quadratic function that models the data. Round numerical values to the nearest whole number.
f(x) = x2 + x +

Use the function to predict the number of births for month 8. There will be about births.

Researchers are conducting experiments to determine the role of alcohol in the development of depression. after the study is complete, they determine that the relative risk of developing depression is 1.55 with a 95 % ci of 1.2 -1.9. each group is then divided into nonsmokers and smokers. the relative risk for the nonsmokers is 1.12 with a 95% ci of 0.87-1.37. the relative risk for the smokers is 1.7 with a 95 % cl of 1.5-1.9. what type of bias may affect this study? a. procedure bias b. recall bias c. selection bias d. confounding e. lead-time bias