Solve the Problem A) Positive Correlation


B) Negative Correlation

question 4

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The following table gives the total sales (revenue) and profits for 8 retailers. Construct a scatter diagram for thedata and state whether sales and profits for these companies have no correlation, a positive correlation, or a
Negative correlation.

$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { l c c } \hline \text { Company } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Total Sales } \\\text { (Millions of \$) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Profits } \\\text { (Millions of \$) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Adams } & 9.5 & 0.5 \\\text { Browns } & 22.0 & 1.4 \\\text { Clay } & 35.0 & 1.8 \\\text { Donners } & 64.0 & 3.0 \\\text { Esters } & 27.5 & 0.9 \\\text { Framer } & 45.0 & 2.6 \\\text { Gillies } & 15.0 & 0.8 \\\text { Hays } & 57.0 & 2.2 \\\hline\end{array}\\\end{array}$

• A) Positive correlation
• B) Negative correlation
• C) Positive correlation
• D) No correlation

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