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Table 5 Factors associated with monthly scorpion sting distribution for the study population via regression analyses per year (scorpion sting rate is response variable)

From: Predictive determinants of scorpion stings in a tropical zone of south Iran: use of mixed seasonal autoregressive moving average model

Model

Factor

\( \widehat{b} \)

S.E. (\( \widehat{b} \))

T value

p value

VIF

Unweighted regression

Temperature

0.774

0.315

2.46

0.018*

4.03

Wind velocity

0.057

0.315

0.18

0.858

1.29

Sunlight hours

−0.080

0.057

−1.39

0.171

3.30

Relative humidity

−0.788

0.278

−2.83

0.007*

4.36

Rainfall

0.020

0.068

0.29

0.773

1.55

Constant

55.500

22.600

2.46

0.018*

–

R-squared = 59.47%, Adjusted R-squared = 55.06%, S = 9.22

Weighted regression

Temperature

1.002

0.182

5.49

<0.001*

3.45

Wind velocity

0.332

0.189

1.76

0.086

2.00

Sunlight hours

−0.045

0.031

−1.46

0.152

3.57

Relative humidity

−0.656

0.196

−3.35

0.002*

3.44

Rainfall

0.045

0.031

1.46

0.151

3.16

Constant

29.5

14.700

2.00

0.051

–

R-squared = 79.00%, Adjusted R-squared = 76.72%, S = 1.27

  1. \( \widehat{\boldsymbol{b}} \) coefficient, S.E. ( \( \widehat{\boldsymbol{b}} \) ) standard error of coefficient, VIF variance inflation factor
  2. *p value <0.05 is significant