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A long jump competition took place recently at a local high school. The coach is interested in performing as well as possible in the next competition, so he is looking at the relationship between height and distance jumped (both measured in inches). He uses height to predict distance. The data was analyzed to produce the following regression line: What is the correlation coefficient?

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A long jump competition took place recently at a local high school. The coach is interested in performing as well as possible in the next competition, so he is looking at the relationship between height and distance jumped (both measured in inches). He uses height to predict distance. The data was analyzed to produce the following regression line: What is the correlation coefficient?

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To find the correlation coefficient from the given regression line, we need to follow these steps:

  1. Understand the regression line: The regression line is typically given in the form y=mx+b y = mx + b , where y y is the dependent variable (distance jumped), x x is the independent variable (height), m m is the slope of the line, and b b is the y-intercept.

  2. Identify the slope (m): The slope of the regression line indicates the change in the dependent variable for a one-unit change in the independent variable.

  3. Calculate the correlation coefficient (r): The correlation coefficient can be derived from the slope of the regression line if we also know the standard deviations of both variables and their means. The formula to calculate the correlation coefficient r r is: r=mSxSy1 r = \frac{m \cdot \frac{S_x}{S_y}}{1} where Sx S_x is the standard deviation of the independent variable (height) and Sy S_y is the standard deviation of the dependent variable (distance jumped).

  4. Use the given data: If the problem provides the standard deviations Sx S_x and Sy S_y , you can directly substitute these values into the formula along with the slope m m .

  5. Interpret the result: The correlation coefficient r r will be a value between -1 and 1. A value close to 1 indicates a strong positive correlation, a value close to -1 indicates a strong negative correlation, and a value close to 0 indicates no correlation.

Since the problem does not provide the specific regression line equation or the standard deviations, we cannot calculate the exact value of the correlation coefficient without additional information. However, the steps outlined above describe the process you would follow to determine the correlation coefficient from a given regression line.

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