1. From your understanding of scatterplots and correlation please indicate wheth
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1. From your understanding of scatterplots and correlation please indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
a. If height was measured in centimeters instead of inches and weight in kilograms instead of pounds, the correlation would be 0.732*2.54/2.2 = 0.845 (where 1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters and 1 kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds).
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b.The correlation between the breed of a dog and its nature is 0.225.
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Explanation / Answer
a) Answer is False. Because Correlation coefficient is independent of change of origin and scale so, Correlation coefficient is same as earlier. 0.732
b) False beacuse the breed of a dog is not quantitative. It's qualitative. We can not calculate correlation between qualitative and quantitative
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