In baseball, is there a linear correlation between batting average and home run percentage? Let x represent the batting average of a professional baseball player, and let y represent the player's home run percentage (number of home runs per 100 times at bat). A random sample of n = 7 professional baseball players gave the following information. x  0.239 0.253 0.286 0.263 0.268 0.339 0.299 y   1.2       3.6     5.5    3.8      3.5    7.3    5.0   a) Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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In baseball, is there a linear correlation between batting average and home run percentage? Let x represent the batting average of a professional baseball player, and let y represent the player's home run percentage (number of home runs per 100 times at bat). A random sample of n = 7 professional baseball players gave the following information.
x  0.239 0.253 0.286 0.263 0.268 0.339 0.299
y   1.2       3.6     5.5    3.8      3.5    7.3    5.0

 

a) Compute r. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

 

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