A researcher in animal behavior was interested increasing

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6. A researcher in animal behavior was interested increasing veterinarian care for dogs. He was particularly interested in the effect of the time spent in the waiting room of a vet's office on the dog's heart rate when first taken in the examination room.

Use the following data to:

compute a correlation coefficient using Excel.

create a scatterplot using Excel.

explain in words what the correlation coefficient tells you about the relationship between time in the waiting room and heart rate. What does it not tell you?

Time in Waiting Room Heart Rate

14 116

15 104

10 102

21 98

11 103

16 114

12 116

18 90

16 103

10 123

7. Which type of correlation would be appropriate to calculate for each of the following sets of data?

Correlating gender and whether one is a college graduate (yes/no)
Correlating rank in a graduating class (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc.) and score on a test of optimism
Correlating gender and score on a test of optimism.
Correlating scores on a test of optimism and scores on a test of subjective well-being
Correlating rank in a graduating class of traditional college students and rank in initial salary offering for first job after graduating

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