Question: Importance of graphing. a) construct a scatter plot. b) find the value of the linear correlation coefficient r, then determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a linear correlation between the two variables. c) identify the feature of the data that would be missed if part b was completed without constructing the scatter plot.

x 10 8 13 9 11 14 6 4 12 7 5

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y 7.46 6.77 12.74 7.11 7.81 8.84 6.08 5.39 8.15 6.42 5.73