Ashik claims that the graph on the right is the correct interpretation of the scatterplot, but his friend Shelby claims that the

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Ashik claims that the graph on the right is the correct interpretation of the scatterplot, but his friend Shelby claims that the

graph on the left is correct.
Shelby’s Graph Ashik’s Graph
A graph titled Shelby's Graph has points that form a curved line. A line with negative slope is drawn. A graph titled Ashik's Graph has points that form a curved line. A curved line is drawn to connect the points.

Who is correct and why?
Shelby is correct because the line of best fit has a negative slope and the trend shows a decrease in y values as the x values increase.
Shelby is correct because the line of best fit matches the points as closely as possible with a weak correlation.
Ashik is correct because the points are a strong correlation to this nonlinear association.
Ashik is correct because points with a weak correlation can never have linear association.

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