Question

If the correlation between two variables is close to 0, you can conclude that a scatterplot would show

(a) a strong straight-line pattern.

(b) a cloud of points with no visible pattern.

(c) no strainght-line pattern but there might be a strong pattern of another form.

Answer 1

Answer:

c) no straight-line pattern, but there might be a strong pattern of another form.

because,

all data points with no visible pattern or a strong straight-line pattern of any another form (positive or negative pattern ) so, it is include the two cases which is no straight-line pattern, but there might be a strong pattern of another form and (b ) is not correct because it not included the another case i.e there might be a strong pattern of another form. So the (c ) option is correct.