Question

A scatter plot shows a set of data points that are clustered close to a line that slopes down to the right. Which of the following values would be closest to the correlation for these data? a. -0.40 b. 0.40 c. 0.80 d. -0.80

Answer 1

Option D. -0.80

Explanation:

A scatter plot that shows a set of data points having two properties

1). If the points are clustered close to the line that reveals the high correlation.

2). Data points are clustered close to the line having slope down to the right or negative slope.

Therefore, Option D. has the highest correlation with negative slope.