To investigate the influence of distracted driving, 13
volunteers were asked to participate in a study involving
a driving simulator. The participants drove at a safe
speed but were told to stop the car at a random moment
during the simulation. The scatterplot shows the reaction
time and the simulated car's stopping distance (in feet)
for each volunteer. The value of r for the scatterplot is
0.935.
Driving Reaction Times
How would the correlation change if the stopping
distances were recorded in meters, rather than feet?
O The value of the correlation coefficient would not
change.
O Since the points would be more spread out, the value
of the correlation coefficient would decrease.
O Since the number of meters would be less than the
number of feet, the value of the correlation coefficient
would increase.
© Since the number of meters would be less than the
number of feet, the value of the correlation coefficient
would decrease.