The Colorado Rockies play their major league home baseball games in Coors Field, Denver. Each year, the Rockies are among the leaders in team batting statistics (e.g., home runs, batting average, and slugging percentage). Many baseball experts attribute this phenomenon to the €œthin air€ of Denver€”called the €œmile-high city€ due to its elevation. Chance (Winter 2006) investigated the effects of elevation on slugging percentage in Major League Baseball. Data were compiled on players€™ composite slugging percentage at each of 29 cities for the 2003 season, as well as each city€™s elevation (feet above sea level). The data are saved in the MLBPARKS file. (Selected observations are shown in the next table.) Construct a scatterplot for the data. Do you detect a trend?

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City Slug Pct Elevation Anaheim Arlington Atlanta Baltimore Boston 480 605 530 .505 505 160 616 1050 130 20 Denver 625 5277 Seattle San Francisco St. Louis Tampa Toronto 550 510 570 500 350 63 465 10 566