An employee of an auction house has a list of 25 recently sold paintings. Eight artists were represented in these sales. The sale price of each painting is on the list. Would the correlation coefficient be an appropriate way to summarize the relationship between artist (x) and sale price (y)? Why or why not?

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An employee of an auction house has a list of 25 recently sold paintings. Eight artists were represented in
these sales. The sale price of each painting is on the list. Would the correlation coefficient be an appropriate
way to summarize the relationship between artist (x) and sale price (y)? Why or why not?
Transcribed Image Text:An employee of an auction house has a list of 25 recently sold paintings. Eight artists were represented in these sales. The sale price of each painting is on the list. Would the correlation coefficient be an appropriate way to summarize the relationship between artist (x) and sale price (y)? Why or why not?
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