8 For the WWW data set described in Problem 1.7, the sample correlation between Y = political ideology (scored 1 to 7) and X = mumber of times a week reading a newspaper is r = -.066

a) Interpret the sign of the correlation

b) Interpret the square of the correlation. Would you conclude that the sample association is strong, or weak?

c) When Y is predicted using X = religiosity (how often attend religious services. scored 0, 1, 2, 3), the sample correlation is = .580. Which of these two explanatory variables seems to have a stronger linear relationship with I? Explain.