A Pearson’s correlation of r = -0.85 indicates that a graph of the data would sh

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A Pearson’s correlation of r = -0.85 indicates that a graph of the data would show: Select one: a. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes up to the right. b. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes down to the right. c. Points clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right. d. Points clustered close to a line that slopes up to the right. A Pearson’s correlation of r = -0.85 indicates that a graph of the data would show: Select one: a. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes up to the right. b. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes down to the right. c. Points clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right. d. Points clustered close to a line that slopes up to the right. A Pearson’s correlation of r = -0.85 indicates that a graph of the data would show: Select one: a. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes up to the right. b. Points widely scattered around a line that slopes down to the right. c. Points clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right. d. Points clustered close to a line that slopes up to the right.

Explanation / Answer

The corrrelation coeffcint is negative, it shows that the relationship between the variables is negative.

And it magnitude shows that relationship between the variables is strong.

Folloiwng option is correct:

c. Points clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right.

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