SOLUTION: if the correlation between age and physial flexibility is -68 what does this mean? How would this correlation look on a scatter diagram? What general shape would it have?

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Question 599535: if the correlation between age and physial flexibility is -68 what does this mean? How would this correlation look on a scatter diagram? What general shape would it have?
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if the correlation between age and physial flexibility is -68 what does this mean? How would this correlation look on a scatter diagram? What general shape would it have?-----
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-0.68 implies a decent level of negative linear correlation in the data.
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Looks ?: As the age values increase the flecibility numbers decrease.
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Looks: Data slants downward as you scan to the right.
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Cheers,
Stan H.