Arman is very excited to find that there is a moderate negative correlation between how long people have to wait in the doctor’s office and how much they dislike going to the doctor. When he looks at his scatterplot, though, he sees that a few people stand out from the rest. What should he do?
a. Report the r value with all participants
b. Report the r value with all participants, remove the outliers, and then report the r value with the outliers removed
c. Remove the outliers, then report the r value
d. Rerun the study
Ans: B
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