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Movie companies need to predict the gross receipts of individual movies once a movie has debuted. The data shown below and stored in PotterMovies, are the first weekend gross. the
U S gross and the worldwide gross (in $ millions) of the eight Harry Potter movies:
a. Compute the
b. Compute the coefficient of
c. Which do you think is more valuable in expressing the relationship between first weekend gross. U.S. gross. and worldwide gross-the covariance or the coefficient of correlation? Explain.
d. Based on (a) and (b). what conclusions can you reach about the relationship between first weekend gross. U.S. gross. and worldwide gross?
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