Solution: (a) Estimate whether the following pairs of scores for X and Y reflect a positive relationship, a negative relationship, or no relationship.
Question: (a) Estimate whether the following pairs of scores for X and Y reflect a positive relationship, a negative relationship, or no relationship. Hint: Note any tendency for pairs of X and Y scores to occupy similar or dissimilar relative locations.
X Y
64 66
40 79
30 98
71 65
55 76
31 83
61 68
42 80
57 72
(b) Construct a scatterplot for X and Y . Verify that the scatterplot does not
describe a pronounced curvilinear trend.
(c) Calculate r using the computation formula (6.1).
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