Population Growth. Consider the following table showing percentage change in population and birth rate (per 1,000 of population) for 10 states over a period of 10 years.

a. Construct a scatterplot for the data.
b. Briefly characterize the correlation in words and estimate the correlation coefficient.
c. Overall, does birth rate appear to be a good predictor of a state's population growth rate? If not, what other factor(s) may be affecting the growth rate?

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Percentage change in population 50.1% 25.7% 20.5% 179% 14.0% 7.3% 1.6% 0% State Birth rate Nevada California New Hampshire Utah Colorado Minnesota Montana Illinois lowa West Virginia 16.3 16.9 12.5 21.0 14.6 13.7 12.3 15.5 13.0 11.4 -8.0%