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C1-T	INTERNET	GDP	CO2	CELLULAR	FERTILITY	LITERACY
Algeria	0.65	6.09	3	0.3	2.8	58.3
Argentina	10.08	11.32	3.8	19.3	2.4	96.9
Australia	37.14	25.37	18.2	57.4	1.7	100
Austria	38.7	26.73	7.6	81.7	1.3	100
Belgium	31.04	25.52	10.2	74.7	1.7	100
Brazil	4.66	7.36	1.8	16.7	2.2	87.2
Canada	46.66	27.13	14.4	36.2	1.5	100
Chile	20.14	9.19	4.2	34.2	2.4	95.7
China	2.57	4.02	2.3	11	1.8	78.7
Denmark	42.95	29	9.3	74	1.8	100
Egypt	0.93	3.52	2	4.3	3.3	44.8
Finland	43.03	24.43	11.3	80.4	1.7	100
France	26.38	23.99	6.1	60.5	1.9	100
Germany	37.36	25.35	9.7	68.2	1.4	100
Greece	13.21	17.44	8.2	75.1	1.3	96.1
India	0.68	2.84	1.1	0.6	3	46.4
Iran	1.56	6	4.8	3.2	2.3	70.2
Ireland	23.31	32.41	10.8	77.4	1.9	100
Israel	27.66	19.79	10	90.7	2.7	93.1
Japan	38.42	25.13	9.1	58.8	1.3	100
Malaysia	27.31	8.75	5.4	31.4	2.9	84
Mexico	3.62	8.43	3.9	21.7	2.5	89.5
Netherlands	49.05	27.19	8.5	76.7	1.7	100
New Zealand	46.12	19.16	8.1	59.9	2	100
Nigeria	0.1	0.85	0.3	0.3	5.4	57.7
Norway	46.38	29.62	8.7	81.5	1.8	100
Pakistan	0.34	1.89	0.7	0.6	5.1	28.8
Philippines	2.56	3.84	1	15	3.2	95
Russia	2.93	7.1	9.8	5.3	1.1	99.4
Saudi Arabia	1.34	13.33	11.7	11.3	4.5	68.2
South Africa	6.49	11.29	7.9	24.2	2.6	85
Spain	18.27	20.15	6.8	73.4	1.2	96.9
Sweden	51.63	24.18	5.3	79	1.6	100
Switzerland	30.7	28.1	5.7	72.8	1.4	100
Turkey	6.04	5.89	3.1	29.5	2.4	77.2
United Kingdom	32.96	24.16	9.2	77	1.6	100
United States	50.15	34.32	19.7	45.1	2.1	100
Vietnam	1.24	2.07	0.6	1.5	2.3	90.9
Yemen	0.09	0.79	1.1	0.8	7	26.9

You are given data about the per capita personal income and infant mortality rate for a number of Tennessee Counties during 2010.

a. Generate a scatterplot of the two variables. What might this relationship imply?

b. Compute the Pearson's correlation coefficient between the two variables.

c. Provide an interpretation of the correlation obtained. Refer to both the strength and direction of the correlation in your interpretation.

d. Also interpret the correlation in terms of r-squared (coefficient of determination). Be careful not to infer cause and effect.