As a project for a psychology course, a student correlated weight and intelligence scores for 250 students. The computed correlation coefficient was .00. What did the scatterplot look like?

a) a random distribution of points
b) a flowing line that moved up and down like a wave
c) a straight line from the lower left to the upper right hand corner
d) a straight line from the upper left to the lower right hand corner


ANS: a

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