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. 2019 Nov 1;5(10):e02654. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02654

Table 10.

Mann Kendall and Linear regression of rainfall and temperature in coastal savannah.

Variables MK Statistic (S) Kendall's tau Mann-Kendall test
Regression analysis
p-value Test interpretation Regression equation R2 p-value
Minor raining season 89.0 0.254 0.067 No trend Y = 6.966X-13678.9 0.41 0.053
Major raining season 57.0 0.162 0.246 No trend Y = 4.853X-8704.4 0.025 0.427
Dry season rainfall 5.00 0.015 0.931 No trend Y = 1.000X-1876.6 0.010 0.629
Average annual rainfall 81.0 0.231 0.096 No trend Y = 1.167X-2216.9 0.134 0.060
Average annual temp 193.0 0.550 0.000* Trend detected Y = 0.041X-54.377 0.539 0.000*

∗ indicates p<0.05