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OpenStudy (anonymous):

True or False? When doing linear regression, if the correlation coefficient is positive, the slope of the line is negative. A. True B. False I think it's False?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Mehek14

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Nnesha

OpenStudy (dmndlife24):

I agree it's false

Mehek (mehek14):

yea me too

Mehek (mehek14):

The sign of the correlation coefficient is the sign of the slope. If the correlation coefficient is negative, the slope of the regression line is also negative.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok thanks!! I thought it was false but I just wanted to make sure

Mehek (mehek14):

ur welcome ^_^

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