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Set r to -0.90. Click Same r several times. What do the least-squares fit linesfor these scatter plots have in common?

Set r to -0.90. Click Same r several times. What do the least-squares fit linesfor-example-1
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The correlation coefficient of 0.00 means that the data points do not have a line of best fit.

If we set r = 0.00, the data points we will get not follow any linear relationship, and therefore, there will not by any line fitting the data.

The correlation coefficient tells us how much a data set fits the least-squares line - it does not tell us what its slope or y-intercept will be. Therefore we can, for a given correlation coefficient, produce a varied set of least square lines, each with different slope and y-intercept.

(3).

A.

No, not all least-square fit lines have the same slope.

B.

No, not all least-square fit lines have the same y-intercept.

C.

They have the same correlation coefficient and the value of y is not related to the value of x.

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