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KWilfred

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Indicate whether a negative or a positive correlation coefficient would be expected in a study involving the following two indicated variables: Increasing the dosage of Dopamine Hydrochloride tends to increase the blood pressure.

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Which of the following cannot generate a Poisson distribution?
 a. The number of telephone calls received by a switchboard in a specified time period.
  b. The number of customers arriving at a gas station on Christmas day.
  c. The number of bacteria found in a cubic yard of soil.
  d. The number of children in a family.
  e. The number of accidents per day on a certain section of a highway.



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Answer to Question 1

Positive

Answer to Question 2

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