Canadians derive income from investment, employment, and government. Regions with high employment income would be expected to have less income from government sources.

a) Draw a scatterplot and use it to verify whether this is true.

b) Is the correlation coefficient an appropriate measure of the extent of the relationship between income from employment and from government sources?

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Province/Territory Government (%) Employment (%) Alberta 73.7 10.7 British Columbia 70.4 16.8 Manitoba 19.2 63.2 New Brunswick 68.8 20.4 69.7 26.3 Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories 88.6 9.6 17.4 Nova Scotia 72.6 Ontario 62.1 20.4 Prince Edward Island 66.7 26.7 Quebec 80.6 12.2 Saskatchewan 65.2 15.6 Yukon 86.9 7.8