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document.write( "- As the correlation coefficient increases from -0.78 to -0.74, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: positive<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- As the correlation coefficient increases from -0.78 to -0.74, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: The set of points would be less linear.  They would move<BR>\n" );
document.write( "away from the regression line.<BR>\n" );
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