SOLUTION: If the correlation coefficient is 0.145, what is the sign of the slope of th regression line? As the correlation coefficient decreases from 0.84 to 0.79, do the points of the scat

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Question 293416: If the correlation coefficient is 0.145, what is the sign of the slope of th regression line?
As the correlation coefficient decreases from 0.84 to 0.79, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it?
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If the correlation coefficient is 0.145, what is the sign of the slope of th regression line?
Ans: Positive
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As the correlation coefficient decreases from 0.84 to 0.79, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it?
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Ans: Away
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Stan H.
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