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Can the scatterplot be reliably modeled by a linear function?

Can the scatterplot be reliably modeled by a linear function?-example-1
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A scatter plot is used to determine whether there is a relationship or not between paired data.

y tends to decrease as x increases, x and y are said to have a negative correlation

However, the points shown cannot be modeled with a linear function reliably.

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