SOLUTION: Answer the following: - If the correlation coefficient is 0.41, what is the sign of the slope of the regression line? - As the correlation coefficient increases from 0.85 to 0.

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Question 478340: Answer the following:
- If the correlation coefficient is 0.41, what is the sign of the slope of the regression line?
- As the correlation coefficient increases from 0.85 to 0.88, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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- If the correlation coefficient is 0.41, what is the sign of the slope of the regression line?
Ans: Positive
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- As the correlation coefficient increases from 0.85 to 0.88, do the points of the scatter plot move toward the regression line, or away from it?
Ans: Toward
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Stan H.