Outliers · Exercise 2
The scatter plot shows the relationship between hours spent studying and exam scores. The line shown is the calculated line of best fit. The correlation coefficient is 0.69.
A point is removed, and the line of best fit is recalculated. The new correlation coefficient is 0.98. Does the point appear to have been an outlier? Why?
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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §12.6 Outliers · Exercise 2
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