SOLUTION: For the table that follows, answer the following questions:x x y 1 -1/4 2 -1/2 3 -3/4 4 - Would the correlation between x and y in the table above be positive

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Question 358643: For the table that follows, answer the following questions:x
x y
1 -1/4
2 -1/2
3 -3/4
4
- Would the correlation between x and y in the table above be positive or negative?

- Find the missing value of y in the table.

- How would the values of this table be interpreted in terms of linear regression?

- If a “line of best fit” is placed among these points plotted on a coordinate system, would the slope of this line be positive or negative?

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