A study of home heating costs collects data on the size of houses and the monthly cost to heat the houses with natural gas. Here are the data:

Just by looking at the data (don't do a calculation) you can see that the correlation between house size and heating cost is:
A) close to zero.
B) clearly positive.
C) clearly negative.
D) not close to zero, but it could be either positive or negative.
E) makes no sense for these data.

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A study of home heating costs collects data on the size of houses and the monthly cost to heat the houses with natural gas. Here are the data:

Just by looking at the data (don't do a calculation) you can see that the correlation between house size and heating cost is:
A) close to zero. 
B) clearly positive. 
C) clearly negative. 
D) not close to zero, but it could be either positive or negative. 
E) makes no sense for these data.

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The Answer of A study of home heating costs collects data on the size of houses and the monthly cost to heat the houses with natural gas. Here are the data:

Just by looking at the data (don't do a calculation) you can see that the correlation between house size and heating cost is:
A) close to zero. 
B) clearly positive. 
C) clearly negative. 
D) not close to zero, but it could be either positive or negative. 
E) makes no sense for these data.

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