The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Exploring Data: Part I Review - Supplementary Exercises - Page 198: 7.53b

Answer

$r (all\ 23\ points) = -0.616 \\ r (without\ the\ outlier) = -0.838$ r is not resistant as the outlier does not follow the linear trend of the plot; hence, it influences the value of r.

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In Minitab, select Basic statistics and then Correlation from the stats menu.
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