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(2, 12), (4, 7), (5, 4) Will the correlation coefficient for these data points be positive or negative?

a. Positive
b. Negative

User Vignesh
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(2,12) , (4,7) -> coefficient is negative, because the x-coordinate is increasing and y-coordinate is decreasing

(4,7), (5,4) -> coeficien is negative too - look above
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