3.38 Correlation is not resistant. Go to the Correlation and Regression applet. Click on the scatterplot to create a group of 10 points in the lower-left corner of the scatterplot with a strong straight-line pattern (correlation about 0.9).

a. Add 1 point at the upper right that is in line with the first 10 points.

How does the correlation change?

b. Drag this last point down until it is opposite the group of 10 points.

How small can you make the correlation? Can you make the correlation negative? You should see that a single outlier can greatly strengthen or weaken a correlation. For this reason, you should always plot your data to check for outlying points.