Chapter 3.1, Problem 14E

To determine

To find: Whether the correlation between the two variables is $r>0\text{ or }r<0$ or is closer to $r=0\text{ or }r\pm 1$

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The figure is:

  

The scatter plot is used to depict the relationship that lies between two variables. It shows the correlation’s level in two variables which are known as dependent and independent variable

In the given figure, data points are following the downward pattern which implies that the correlation is less than 0 and also the pattern is closer to the horizontal axis which means that the correlation is closer to 0, that is, $r<0\text{ and closer to 0}\text{.}$