Every day for the last month, Boris has recorded the number of times it has rained and the height of all of his tomato plants.He wants to see if the two are correlated, so he creates a scatterplot of the data.He sees a pattern that he could probably draw a line through (from the bottom left going up to the top right) as rainy days and plant height both increase.What type of correlation is this?
A) positive
B) negative
C) zero
D) partial

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The pattern Boris sees with the scatterplot suggests that as the number of rainy days increases, the height of his tomato plants also increases. This is a positive correlation, as both variables are increasing together.

Every Day for the Last Month, Boris Has Recorded the Number