Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.3 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 231: 17d

Answer

In many cases, just a scatter plot is not sufficient to conclude a linear relation. Hence, we should use the correlation coefficient to ascertain whether there is a linear relation. It is also important to include the scatter plot itself, because it can show whether a few important observations are impacting the linear relation.

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