A Study on the Oxygen Consumption Rate (OCR) of Sea $\left( { } ^ { \circ } \mathrm { F } = 32 + ( 9 / 5 ) ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C } \right)$

question 71

Multiple Choice

A study on the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) of sea cucumbers involved random samples of size 3 at each of the temperatures 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15oC A regression model was fit in order to study
The relationship between OCR and temperature. If one of the analysts converted the temperatures to
Fahrenheit $\left( { } ^ { \circ } \mathrm { F } = 32 + ( 9 / 5 ) ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C } \right)$ the correlation coefficient would be

• A) increased by a factor \(9 / 5\)
• B) increased by a factor \(5 / 9\)
• C) unaltered
• D) decreased by a factor \(9 / 5\)