Question

Sam is interested in bird nest construction, and finds a correlation of .82 between the depth of a bird nest (in inches) and the width of the bird nest (in inches) at its widest point. Sue, a classmate of Sam, is also interested in looking at bird nest construction, and measures the same variables on the same bird nests that Sam does, except she does her measurements in centimeters, instead of inches. What should her correlation be

Answer 1

Sue's correlation would be 0.82, the same as sam's.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Correlation indicates the frequency of a relationship between two variables and is numerically represented by the coefficient of correlation. The meaning range of the correlation coefficient is between -1.0 and 1.0.

It is given that sam's correlation is 0.82 and sue measurements in centimeters, instead of inches.

The correlation coefficient is independent of the change in the size and origin of the X and Y variables.

Hence, Sue's correlation would be 0.82, the same as sam's.