In: Statistics and Probability
What would you conclude if a sample correlation coefficient is equal to -1.00?
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Most of the data points must fall exactly on a horizontal straight line. |
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All the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a positive slope. |
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C. |
All the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a negative slope. |
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Most of the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a positive slope. |
Solution: The option is C.
C) All the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a negative slope.
When one variable is upward direction and other variable is downward direction then the correlation is negative.