The spreadsheet (below) contains midterm and final exam scores for 96 students in a corporate finance course.

Do the student's scores for the two exams tend to go together, so that those who do poorly on the midterm tend to do poorly on the final, and those who do well on the midterm tend to do well on the final?

After reviewing the scatterplot, what interpretations can you make about the linear relationship? What predictions can you make from the scatterplot? Finally, do you consider this a valuable tool to help organizations see trends and make future forecasts and predictions?

Student	Midterm	Final
1	72	70
2	95	100
3	83	88
4	85	75
5	65	73
6	82	86
7	84	85
8	74	69
9	74	76
10	82	73
11	81	71
12	75	80
13	78	72
14	78	83
15	72	68
16	73	83
17	75	76
18	79	69
19	72	76
20	75	79
21	77	74
22	71	80
23	78	70
24	83	93
25	84	78
26	71	81
27	81	73
28	82	88
29	79	83
30	71	69
31	73	77
32	89	87
33	74	74
34	75	78
35	93	96
36	74	84
37	88	90
38	83	89
39	90	100
40	82	82
41	79	85
42	62	60
43	73	70
44	88	88
45	76	80
46	76	86
47	76	68
48	80	84
49	84	92
50	84	74
51	91	98
52	70	64
53	76	78
54	74	79
55	68	76
56	80	88
57	87	94
58	92	86
59	84	87
60	79	75
61	80	75
62	91	84
63	74	77
64	69	62
65	88	92
66	84	79
67	83	82
68	87	81
69	82	89
70	72	63
71	97	87
72	88	91
73	70	71
74	83	78
75	92	97
76	94	92
77	63	56
78	83	91
79	81	78
80	84	94
81	78	71
82	84	93
83	91	88
84	78	88
85	71	76
86	77	79
87	78	78
88	70	74
89	86	89
90	79	85
91	70	60
92	75	78
93	80	84
94	75	66
95	77	80
96	74	65