Aresearcher measures the following scores for a group of people. the x variable is the number of errors on a math test, and the y variable is the person's level of satisfaction with his/her performance. (a) with such ratio scores, what should the researcher conclude about this relationship? (hint: compute something! ) (b) how well will he be able to predict satisfaction scores using this relationship?

participant

errors x

satisfaction y

1

9

3

2

8

2

3

4

8

4

6

5

5

7

4

6

10

2

7

5

7