A Consumer Research Group Investigating the Relationship Between the Price

question 147

Multiple Choice

A consumer research group investigating the relationship between the price of meat (per pound) and the fat content (grams) gathered data that produced the following scatterplot.The residual of the point ($2.00 per pound, 6 grams of fat) is

• A)A large positive value
• B)A large negative value
• C)Affecting the correlation of the variables
• D)Both B and C
• E)Both A and C

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