Table 5.

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

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

$\widehat{\mathit{b}}$ coefficient, S.E. ( $\widehat{\mathit{b}}$ ) standard error of coefficient, VIF variance inflation factor

*p value <0.05 is significant