Two-Day Forecast. Figure 8 shows a scatterplot in which the actual high temperature for the day is compared with a forecast made two days in advance. Estimate the correlation coefficient and discuss what these data imply about weather forecasts. Do you think you would get similar results if you made similar diagrams for other two-week periods? Why or why not?

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60 Two-day forecast (F) 30 40 50 20 20 20 20 30 40 50 Actual temperature ("F) 60 70