1. The table gives the number of auditions held for the school musical each year since 2009
Year
2009 2010 2011 2012
2013 2014
2015
Auditions 22
19
25
37
32
35
42
What does the correlation coefficient of the data indicate about the strength of the linear
association between the number of years since 2009 and the number of auditions?
Write your correlation
coefficient here:
A. Strong negative correlation
B. Weak negative correlation
C. Strong positive correlation
D. Weak positive correlation