The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

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

Chapter 5 - Regression - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 147: 5.14

Answer

Lower.

Work Step by Step

Individual observations have more variation than the sample means, and the data won't be so linear if the variation is larger, thus the linear correlation coefficient will decrease.
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