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A Scatterplot Allows One to See
A) Whether There Is

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A scatterplot allows one to see


A) whether there is any relationship between two variables
B) what type of relationship there is between two variables
C) Both options are correct.
D) Neither option is correct.
An economic development researcher wants to understand the relationship between the average monthly expenditure on utilities for households in a particular middle-class neighborhood and each of the following household variables: family size,approximate location of the household within the neighborhood,and indication of whether those surveyed owned or rented their home,gross annual income of the first household wage earner,gross annual income of the second household wage earner (if applicable) ,size of the monthly home mortgage or rent payment,and the total indebtedness (excluding the value of a home mortgage) of the household.
The correlation for each pairing of variables are shown in the table below:
Table of correlations
 Family Size Location Ownership First hoome Second lnoome  Monthly Payment Utilties Debt:  Family Size1.000Location 0.0101.000Dunership 0.0250.3861.000First hoome 0.0630.5370.4451.000Second hoome 0.0580.5080.4240.8841.000Monthly Payment 0.0760.5110.5520.5140.4781.000 Utilities0.2560.3460.9350.3880.3660.4891.000Debt 0.2940.4610.7440.5600.5230.6050.7781.000\begin{array}{| l| lllll| l}\begin{array}{l|llll}\hline &\text { Family Size }&\text {Location }&\text {Ownership }&\text {First hoome }&\text {Second lnoome }&\text { Monthly Payment }&\text {Utilties }&\text {Debt: }\\\hline \text { Family Size}&1.000 & & & & \\ \text {Location }&-0.010 & 1.000 & & & \\ \text {Dunership }&-0.025 & -0.386 & 1.000 & & \\ \text {First hoome }&-0.063 & -0.537 & 0.445 & 1.000 & \\ \text {Second hoome }&-0.058 & -0.508 & 0.424 & 0.884 & 1.000 \\ \text {Monthly Payment }&-0.076 & -0.511 & 0.552 & 0.514 & 0.478 &1.000\\ \text { Utilities}&0.256 & -0.346 & 0.935 & 0.388 & 0.366&0.489&1.000 \\ \text {Debt }&0.294 & -0.461 & 0.744 & 0.560 & 0.523&0.605&0.778&1.000\\\hline \end{array}\end{array}

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