Trevor conducted a study and found that the correlation between the price of a gallon of gasoline

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Trevor conducted a study and found that the correlation between the price of a gallon of gasoline and gasoline consumption has a linear correlation coefficient of −0.7. What does this result say about the relationship between price of gasoline and consumption? The study included gasoline prices ranging from $2.70 to $5.30 per gallon. Is it reliable to apply the results of this study to prices of gasoline higher than $5.30 per gallon? Explain.
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Understanding Basic Statistics

ISBN: 9781111827021

6th Edition

Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase

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