Religion and Suicides in Medieval Germany

Each dot on this graph represents a province and has two associated numbers: the percentage of the inhabitants who were Protestants and the suicide rate.

Here are different ways to describe the association in this data:

Provinces with a higher percentage of Protestants [tend to] have a higher suicide rate.
As the percentage of Protestants increases, the suicide rate increases.
Protestants are more likely to commit suicide than Catholics.
A person who is Protestant is more likely to commit suicide than if he/she was Catholic.

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Each dot on this graph represents a province and has two associated numbers: the percentage of the inhabitants who were Protestants and the suicide rate.

Here are different ways to describe the association in this data:

Provinces with a higher percentage of Protestants [tend to] have a higher suicide rate.
As the percentage of Protestants increases, the suicide rate increases.
Protestants are more likely to commit suicide than Catholics.
A person who is Protestant is more likely to commit suicide than if he/she was Catholic.

Answer the following questions:

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Religion and Suicides in Medieval Germany

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