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

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tekilochka [14]

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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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Vanyuwa [196] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-31T05:12:51+03:00

Vanyuwa [196]2 years ago

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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.