You are interested in understanding the relationship between the amount of money spent per capita (GDP), where GDP is measured in dollars, and the

 You are interested in understanding the relationship between the amount of money spent per capita (GDP), where GDP is measured in dollars, and the death rate (per 1,000) due to chronic diseases (NCD). Using a simple linear regression you estimate the following relationship between NCD and GDP:

NCD= 70.8 - 0.0117GDP

(i)           Interpret the parameter on GDP. Make sure to talk about Sign and Size.