After Plotting the Data Points on a Scatter Diagram, We

question 26

Multiple Choice

After plotting the data points on a scatter diagram, we have observed an inverse relationship between the independent variable (X) and the dependent variable (Y) . Therefore, we can expect both the sample ________ and the sample ________ to be negative values.

• A) intercept, slope
• B) slope; coefficient of determination
• C) intercept; correlation coefficient
• D) slope; correlation coefficient
• E) slope; standard error of estimate

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