Suicide Rate

The folowing lists the number of suicides per month in 1970 with the number of days in that month, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Is there any evidence that the suicide rate varies seasonally, or are the data consistent with the hypothesis that the rate is constant? (Hint: Conduct a goodness of fit test. State your assumptions. Look at the signs (negative/positive) of the deviations O_i - E_i (where O_i is the observed number in a month and E_i is the expected number. ) Is there a pattern?)

Data

January
1867, 31 days
Feb.
1789, 28
March
1944, 31
April
2094, 30
May
2097, 31
June
1981, 30
July
1887, 31
August
2024, 31
Sept.
1928, 30
Oct.
2032, 31
Nov.
1978, 30
Dec.
1859, 31

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