document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=379774>Question 379774</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please explain what is wrong and why.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #269641 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=269641\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> No; r wouldn't change at all.  R does not depend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on the units of the data: it is a measure of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "correlation of the data.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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