An architect wants to determine the relationship between the heights (in feet) of a building and the number of stories in the building. The data for a sample of 10 buildings in Pittsburgh are shown. Explain the relationship.

Perform the following steps.
a. Draw the scatter plot for the variables.
b. Compute the value of the correlation coefficient.
c. State the hypotheses.
d. Test the significance of the correlation coefficient at α = 0.05, using Table I.
e. Give a brief explanation of the type of relationship.

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Stories x64 54 40 31 45 38 42 41 37 40 Heighty 1 841 725 635 616 615 582 535 520 511 485