After calculating the correlation, the analyst at the fitness center in Exercise 26 discovered that the scale used to weigh the athletes was off by 5 pounds; each athlete’s weight was measured as 5 pounds more than it actually was. How does this error affect the reported correlation?

Data from exercises 26

A fitness center weighed 53 male athletes and then measured the weight that they were able to lift. The correlation was found to be r = 0.75. Can you interpret this correlation without knowing whether the weights were in pounds or kilograms or a mixture of the two?