For questions 3-4, use your calculator to create a scatter plot and line of best fit for the following set of data:
Average height of a species of tree (in feet) after a certain number of years
Years
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Height
2.1
3.2
6.8
7.3
11.2
12.6
13.4
15.9
What is the correlation coefficient for the set of data? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
(1 point)
• 0.014
• 0.989
• 0.075
• -0.977