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Hot dogs Are hot dogs that are high in calories also high in salt? The figure below is a
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Hot dogs Are hot dogs that are high in calories also high in salt? The figure below is a scatterplot of the calories and salt content (measured as milligrams of sodium) in 17 brands of meat hot dogs.11 Calories 600 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 Sodium (mg) 100 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 (a) The correlation for these data is r = 0.87. Explain what this value means. (b) What effect does the hot dog brand with the lowest calorie content have on the correlation? Justify your answer.
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Hot dogs Are hot dogs that are high in calories also high in salt? The figure below is a scatterplot of the calories and salt content (measured as milligrams of sodium) in 17 brands of meat hot dogs.11 Calories 600 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 Sodium (mg) 100 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 (a) The correlation for these data is r = 0.87. Explain what this value means. (b) What effect does the hot dog brand with the lowest calorie content have on the correlation? Justify your answer.
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Given,
No. of brands of meat hot dogs,
Using the scatterplot between the calories and salt content of 17 brands of meat hot dogs, we can determine the following: