1. Crime rates usually are positively related to population density. Thus you expect that ________. a. higher population density is associated with lower crime rates b. high population density areas would have low crime rates c. higher population density is associated with higher crime rates d. population density and crime rate are not related

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1. Crime rates usually are positively related to population density. Thus you expect that ________.

a. higher population density is associated with lower crime rates

b. high population density areas would have low crime rates

c. higher population density is associated with higher crime rates

d. population density and crime rate are not related

 

2. Find the value of the linear correlation coefficient r.

x 19.3 23.4 10.3 17.7 23.2
y 6 2 3 3 3

 

3. The paired data below consist of the test scores of 6 randomly selected students and the number of hours they studied for the test. 

Hours 5 10 4 6 10 9
Score 64 86 69 86 59 87

 

4. The value of  r may lie within an interval of values ranging from ________.

a. 0.00 to -1.00

b. -1.00 to +1.00

c. 0.00 to +10.00

d. -10.00 to 0.00

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