Josephine has made the scatterplot shown here, and has graphed the least-squares regression line on it. Which conclusion is justified?

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anonymous · Answer

are you given any choices?

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A)
	There is a positive correlation between height and distance. 	
	

B)
	There is a negative correlation between height and distance. 	
	

C)
	There is a binomial correlation between height and distance. 	
	

D)
	There is a non-linear correlation between height and distance.

anonymous · Answer

well lets go through and see.   What does positive and negative correlation mean.  Explain it to me in words.  (I know what it is, but if you have to explain it then you will understand it better)

anonymous · Answer

A positive correlation results in a positive slope; increase in height yields increase in distance. Negative correlation is the opposite -- an increase in height yields a decrease in distance. Binomial