The scatter plot shows the annual earnings and tenures of a few employees of Stan & Earl Corp.

The regression line for this data set has a slope close to m = (see box 1) , and the correlation coefficient is close to (see box 2).

Based on this information, we can conclude that employees’ annual earnings are (see box 3) to their tenure. Employee earnings (see box 4) tenure.

Box 1:

A. m= 5.5

B. m= 35

C. m= -50

D. m= 2.5

Box 2:

A. 0.20

B. 0.40

C. 0.75

D. 0.95

Box 3.

A. strongly related

B. moderately related

C. weakly related

D. not related

Box 4:

A. increase with

B. decrease with

C. are not affected by