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Explain why “r”, the correlation coefficient, has a range from -1 to 1?

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Explanation:

Possible values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, with -1 indicating a perfectly linear negative, i.e., inverse, correlation (sloping downward) and +1 indicating a perfectly linear positive correlation (sloping upward). A correlation coefficient close to 0 suggests little, if any, correlation

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