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A car manufacturer collects data on the number of gallons of gasoline left in the gas tank after driving for different numbers of miles. The manufacturer creates a scatter plot of the data and determines that the correlation coefficient is -0.92.

Select THREE true statement based on this correlation coefficient.(1 point)
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There is a negative correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.
There is a negative correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.

There is a strong correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.
There is a strong correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.

There is no correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank
There is no correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank

There is a weak correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank
There is a weak correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank

There is a linear correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.

1 answer

Based on the correlation coefficient of -0.92, which indicates a strong negative correlation, the three true statements are:

  1. There is a negative correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.
  2. There is a strong correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.
  3. There is a linear correlation between the number of miles driven and the gallons of gasoline left in the tank.

The other statements regarding no correlation or weak correlation are not true in this context.