Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams. Team Games Won Batting Average 1 9797 269269 2 9595 275275 3 8686 273273 4 9999 261261 5 6464 285285 6 118118 260260 7 8787 274274 8 8888 280280 Using games won as the explanatory variable ?x, compute the correlation coefficient

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 Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related to the team batting average? The table below shows the number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of 8 teams.

Team Games Won Batting Average
1 9797 269269
2 9595 275275
3 8686 273273
4 9999 261261
5 6464 285285
6 118118 260260
7 8787 274274
8 8888 280280



Using games won as the explanatory variable ?x, compute the correlation coefficient

 

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