After Plotting the Data Points on a Scatter Diagram, We

Multiple Choice

After plotting the data points on a scatter diagram, we have observed an inverse relationship between the independent variable (X) and the dependent variable (Y) . Therefore, we can expect both the sample ________ and the sample ________ to be negative values.

A) intercept, slope
B) slope; coefficient of determination
C) intercept; correlation coefficient
D) slope; correlation coefficient
E) slope; standard error of estimate