Correlation

AP Statistics· difficulty 3/5

An outlier far from the linear trend tends to

A
$Have no effect$
B
$Reduce |r| (pull toward 0)$
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C
$Make r exactly 1$
D
$Always increase r$

Explanation

Influential outliers usually weaken the linear pattern.

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