Question

Fill in the Blank 2 points
Correlation is a number that explains the strength and direction of the relationship between the explanatory variable and the response variable.
Measuring Direction
choose your answer... correlation: Data appear to go up from left to right across the scatterplot.
b) choose your answer... ~ correlation: Data appear to go down from left to right across the scatterplot.
c) choose your answer... ~ correlation: Data are spread out across the scatterplot with no visible pattern.

Answer 1

Here's how you can fill in the blanks:

1. **Measuring Direction**
- **choose your answer**: **Positive correlation**: Data appear to go up from left to right across the scatterplot.
- **choose your answer**: **Negative correlation**: Data appear to go down from left to right across the scatterplot.
- **choose your answer**: **No correlation**: Data are spread out across the scatterplot with no visible pattern.