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After conducting a statistical analysis of responses to a survey, Professor Patterson finds a correlation of +5.73 between participation in sporting events and physical injuries. This indicates that:_________.

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This indicates that the correlation between participation in sporting events and physical injuries are highly related ( extreme degree ) i.e increase in sporting activities leads to an increase in injuries

Step-by-step explanation:

The correlation coefficient is a statistical analysis tool used to measure the level of relationship between individual events/activities which share similar interests as seen with the statistical analysis of responses to a survey. and it is based on a method of covariance.

there are various assumptions that are made before such it can be carried out and some of those analysis are : the cases of interest have to be independent, and the cases should have a linear relationship as well. these are some of he assumptions

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