OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §12.4 Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient · Try It 3 · Statistics · Regression & correlation

Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient · Try It 3

For a given line of best fit, you compute that r = –0.7204 using n = 8 data points, and the critical value is = 0.707. Can the line be used for prediction? Why or why not?

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