The earnings per share (in dollars) and the dividends per share (in dollars) for 6 companies in a recent year.

(a) Display the data in a scatter plot, 

(b) Calculate the sample correlation coefficient r, 

(c) Describe the type of correlation, if any, and interpret the correlation in the context of the data, and 

(d) Use Table 11 in Appendix B to make a conclusion about the correlation coefficient. If convenient, use technology. Let a = 0.01.

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1.22 8.21 Earnings per share, x 4.00 3.53 1.74 3.14 Dividends per share, y 0.90 0.31 0.55 1.00 2.10 1.48