SOLUTION: Please explain what is wrong and why. If a correlation coefficient of r = 0.642 was found between two variables in a sample of paired data that were measured in feet, the valu

Question 379774: Please explain what is wrong and why.

If a correlation coefficient of r = 0.642 was found between two variables in a sample of paired data that were measured in feet, the value of r would change by a factor of twelve if the data were converted to inches and r was computed again.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No; r wouldn't change at all. R does not depend
on the units of the data: it is a measure of the
correlation of the data.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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