5. (4.28) One of nature\'s patterns connects the percent of adult birds in a col

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5. (4.28) One of nature's patterns connects the percent of adult birds in a colony that return from the previous year and the number of new adults that join the colony Here are data for 13 colonies of sparrowhawks: Percent return 74 66 81 52 73 62 52 45 62 46 60 46 38 New adults 5 6 8 12 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 Data Set eBook step 1: Plot the count of new adults (response) against the percent of returning birds (explanatory) Describe the direction and form of the relationship Which of the following correctly describes the direction and form of the relationship? The data roughly form a straight line with positive association O The data exhibit a curved relationship with a strong negative association. The scatterplot shows a linear negative relationship. The relationship has no form

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Answer to the questions is as follows:

Step1. Option C: The scatter plot shows a linear negative relationship. It' not curved relation , it's linear
Step2. Option C: The correlation is an appropritate measure, since the relationship is linear
Step3. 0.5602 is the correlation coefficient
Step4. Option C: Since there is a negative linear relation, we should with option C. because that' what the question defines for long-lived birds

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