The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 4 - Scatterplots and Correlation - Chapter 4 Exercises - Page 126: 4.48

Answer

In this case, r = -0.278. Hence, there is a negative relation between Math SAT scores, which may lead one to think that decreasing teachers salary may increase SAT score, but this is not the case, as there can be other lurking variables.

Work Step by Step

In Minitab, select basic statistics from the stats menu, and then select correlation.
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