Use the Following to Answer Question

question 105

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question
The scatterplot, created from 1995 U.S.News & World Report data on approximately 1,300 U.S.colleges and universities, depicts the relation between the student-faculty ratio at the school and the number of admissions applications the school received.
Figure: Student-Faculty Ratio
-(Figure: Student-Faculty Ratio) Based on the scatterplot, what is the relation between an institution's student-faculty ratio and the number of applications it receives?

• A) perfect positive
• B) positive
• C) negative
• D) no relation

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