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Which scatter plot most likely has a correlation coefficient equal to 0?

Which scatter plot most likely has a correlation coefficient equal to 0?-example-1
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Solution

- The correlation of points on a graph can be defined in 2 ways:

1. It can be defined as positive or negative if all the points on the graph move or arrange themselves in a certain direction; usually pointing upwards or downwards.

2. It can also be defined as 0 if the points do not appear to be pointing in any certain direction.

- Because of the orientation of the points, we can draw a straight line through the points demonstrating the general direction of the points.

- If we cannot draw a line through the points, then, the correlation of the graph is 0.

This is illustrated below:

- From the above, we cannot draw any lines that would make sense of graph B.

- Thus, graph B has a correlation coefficient of 0

Final Answer

The answer is graph B

Which scatter plot most likely has a correlation coefficient equal to 0?-example-1
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