State Debt and Per Capita Tax An economics student wishes to see if there is a relationship between the amount of state debt per capita and the amount of tax per capita at the state level. Based on the following data, can she or he conclude that per capita state debt and per capita state taxes are related? Both amounts are in dollars and represent five randomly selected states. Per capita debt  x       1905    1948    1535    3094    1910 Per capita tax  y       1294    1455    4345    1413    2176 Send data to Excel   Part 1 of 5 Your Answer is correct     (a) Draw the scatter plot for the variables.   State Debt and Per Capita Tax Tax y 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 x 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 0                 Debt Part: 1 / 5 1 of 5 Parts Complete   Part 2 of 5       (b) Compute the value of the correlation coefficient. Round your answer to at least three decimal places. r=?

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State Debt and Per Capita Tax An economics student wishes to see if there is a relationship between the amount of state debt per capita and the amount of tax per capita at the state level. Based on the following data, can she or he conclude that per capita state debt and per capita state taxes are related? Both amounts are in dollars and represent five randomly selected states.

Per capita debt 
x
  
   1905
   1948
   1535
   3094
   1910
Per capita tax 
y
  
   1294
   1455
   4345
   1413
   2176
Send data to Excel
 
Part 1 of 5
Your Answer is correct
 
 

(a) Draw the scatter plot for the variables.

  State Debt and Per Capita Tax
Tax
y
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
x
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Debt
Part: 1 / 5
1 of 5 Parts Complete
 
Part 2 of 5
 
 
 

(b) Compute the value of the correlation coefficient. Round your answer to at least three decimal places.

r=?
 
 
 
 
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