In: Statistics and Probability
Explain
Question 1 (1 point)
A correlation of r = +0.7 between gender and height for a sample of adults.
Reasonable |
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Not reasonable |
Question 2 (1 point)
We select a sample of 50 days throughout the calendar year. A correlation of r = −1 between number of slurpees (a frozen beverage) sold at 7-Eleven and number of cups of hot chocolate sold at the same store.
Reasonable |
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Not reasonable |
Question 3 (1 point)
Select a sample of novels. A correlation of r = +0.8 between number of pages in a novel and time it takes to read the novel.
Reasonable |
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Not reasonable |
Question 4 (1 point)
Select a sample of marathon runners. Let X = time it takes a runner to finish the race and Y = number of competitors who finish ahead of the runner.
A correlation of r = −0.8 between X and Y.
Reasonable |
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Not reasonable |