4. A real estate agent has developed a linear model for the price of a house, P, in dollars in terms of the area, A, in square feet for the homes in a certain neighborhood. The correlation coefficient for the relationship is 0.42. What kind of correlation exists between the variables? (1 point)
A. a strong positive correlation
B. a weak negative correlation
C. a weak positive correlation
D. a strong negative correlation
5. A fisherman has collected data about the length in inches, L, and weight in ounces, w, of fish he has caught. The data are in the table below. What is the correlation coefficient?
L 12 16 16 17 18 19 21 23
w 8 17 19 20 27 30 37 42
A. r=0.978
B. r=−33.274
C. r=3.283
D. r=0.989
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4. C. a weak positive correlation (the correlation coefficient is positive but less than 0.5, indicating a weak relationship between the variables)
5. D. r=0.989 (calculate using a calculator or statistical software, or by hand using the formula for correlation coefficient)