If the Points on a Scatter Diagram Are Clustered in a Pattern

question 78

Multiple Choice

If the points on a scatter diagram are clustered in a pattern that extends from lower left to upper right,this would suggest that the two variables depicted are

• A) normally distributed.
• B) not correlated.
• C) positively correlated.
• D) negatively correlated.

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