The table below shows the values of y for different values of x:

x 5 7 9 10 11 12 13

y 3 0 - 1 - 6 3 8 - 4

a. The correlation coefficient for the data is 0.0715. Which statement is true about the data in the table?

b. There is a strong positive relationship between x and y.

c. There is almost no relationship between x and y.

d. There is a strong negative relationship between x and y.

e. There is a weak negative relationship between x and y.

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Mathematics

Ellis Hahn

12 September, 03:08

The table below shows the values of y for different values of x:

x 5 7 9 10 11 12 13

y 3 0 - 1 - 6 3 8 - 4

a. The correlation coefficient for the data is 0.0715. Which statement is true about the data in the table?

b. There is a strong positive relationship between x and y.

c. There is almost no relationship between x and y.

d. There is a strong negative relationship between x and y.

e. There is a weak negative relationship between x and y.

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Adrian Chung · Answer 1

The correlation calculation only works well for relationships that follow a straight line.

Therefore in this case, the trend is not linear. So there is no correlation.

c. There is almost no relationship between x and y.

Simon Benson · Answer 2

There is almost no relationship between x and y.