Question: In Exercise 24, remove the data for the girl who is 57 inches tall and scored 128 on the IQ test from the data set.

In Exercise 24, remove the data for the girl who is 57 inches tall and scored 128 on the IQ test from the data set. Describe how this affects the correlation coefficient r.


Data from Exercise 24:

The height (in inches) of 8 high school girls and their scores on an IQ test.

Height, x 62 58 59 67 65 64 65 57 109 102 IQ score, y 110 107 114 96 116 128

Height, x 62 58 59 67 65 64 65 57 109 102 IQ score, y 110 107 114 96 116 128

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