Why would it not make sense to use the data in a test for a linear correlation

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Why would it not make sense to use the data in a test for a linear correlation between heights from 1877 and current heights?

Heights of Males. Listed below are randomly selected heights (in inches) of males from 1877 and from a recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (The 1877 data are from ?Peirce and Bowditch: An American Contribution to Correlation and Regression,? by Rovine and Anderson, The American Statistician, Vol. 58, No. 3.)

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500243

11th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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