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QuizMultiple Choice

Correlation

Question 4 • DRHS GA-Statistical Reasoning

One statistic used to measure a country’s wealth is the gross domestic product (GDP). A higher GDP indicates higher wealth. A researcher compared the GDP per person for 12 countries with the life expectancy of that country. The data for the 12 countries are shown in the scatterplot. The value of r for the scatterplot is 0.608.

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A
This data point weakens the correlation.
B
This data point strengthens the correlation.
C
This data point has no influence on the correlation.
D
Removing this data point would lower the correlation coefficient.
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