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A data set consists of the following pairs of data: (3,5), (5,8), (6,13) Will the correlation coefficient for these data points be positive or negative?

A data set consists of the following pairs of data: (3,5), (5,8), (6,13) Will the correlation coefficient for these data points be positive or negative?
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A data set consists of the following pairs of data: (3,5), (5,8), (6,13) Will the correlation coefficient for these data points be positive or negative?

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positive correlation means that if x goes up then y goes up, negative correlation means that if x goes up then y goes down.  Since both x and y are increasing each time, it is positive. 
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