If the Point in the Upper Right Corner of This

question 34

Multiple Choice

If the point in the upper right corner of this scatterplot is removed from the data set, then what will happen to the slope of the line of best fit (b) and to the correlation (r) ?

• A) both will decrease.
• B) both will remain the same.
• C) both will increase.
• D) b will decrease, and r will increase.
• E) b will increase, and r will decrease.

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