manatees are large, gentle, slow-moving sea creatures found along the coast of florida. many manatees are injured or killed by boats. here is a scatterplot showing the relationship between the number of boats registered in florida (in thlusands) and the number of manatees killed by boats for the years 1977 to 2015. is r>0 or r<0? closer to r=0 or r=+- 1? explain your reasoing

Using correlation coefficients, it is found that the value of r is greater than 0 and close to 1, as the scatter-plot is increasing linearly.

What is a correlation coefficient?

It is an index that measures correlation between two variables, assuming values between -1 and 1.

If it is positive, the relation is positive, that is, they are direct proportional. If it is negative, they are inverse proportional.

If the absolute value of the correlation coefficient is greater than 0.6, the relationship is strong.

Researching the problem on the internet, it is found that the relation is modeled by an increasing scatter-plot, hence r > 0. There are very few points in which there are oscillations, which indicate a strong relationship, hence r is closer to 1.

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