Suppose Paired Data Are Collected Consisting Of, for Each Person

question 24

Essay

Suppose paired data are collected consisting of, for each person, their weight in pounds and the number of calories burned in 30 minutes of walking on a treadmill at 3.5 mph.
How would the value of the correlation coefficient, r, change if all of the weights were converted to kilograms?

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