For the data for OECD nations in Table 3.13 in Exercise 3.6 and in the UN data

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For the data for OECD nations in Table 3.13 in Exercise 3.6 and in the UN data file, use software to construct a scatterplot relating x = carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

and y = fertility rate.

(a) Based on this plot, would you expect the correlation between these variables to be positive, or negative?Why?

(b) Do you see an observation that falls apart from the others? Identify the nation.

(c) The correlation with CO2 is 0.67 for GDP and −0.55 for the gender inequality index. Which variable is more strongly associated with CO2? Why?

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