A researcher investigating the association between two variables collected some data and was surprised when he calculated

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A researcher investigating the association between two variables collected some data and was surprised when he calculated the correlation. He had expected to find a fairly strong association, yet the correlation was near 0. Discouraged, he didn’t bother making a scatterplot. Explain to him how the scatterplot could still reveal the strong association he anticipated.

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Intro Stats

ISBN: 9780134668420

5th Edition

Authors: Richard D De Veaux, Paul F Velleman, David E Bock, Nick Horton

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