The initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic affected European countries during the first six months of 2020. Different countries were affected at different times and to a varying extent. This exercise draws on data published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Please see attached document.The initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic affected European countries during the first six months of 2020. Different countries were affected at different times and to a varying extent. This exercise draws on data published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlThe material for the exercise is a spreadsheet containing daily estimates for the month of May 2020. Data are provided for England and Spain.The spreadsheet presents information on the 14-day notification rate of newly reported COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population by day and country. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain day for each country. The source data can be viewed here.1. Plot a graph showing the data values for each country for the month of May using the data provided. (20%)2. For each country add a best fitting straight line. (20%)3. Provide estimates and 95% confidence intervals for a) the slope for each country and b) the y intercept for each country. (20%)4. Explain how these values might be interpreted. (20%)5. Comment on whether or not a straight-line model provides a good fit to these data. (10%)6. Provide additional commentary setting your analysis in the context of the epidemic overall. (10%)Please also include your analysis code (R code preferred https://rstudio.cloud) with the submission of coursework.

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