A Counselor at a Weight-Loss Clinic Wishes to Determine If

Short Answer

A counselor at a weight-loss clinic wishes to determine if there is a relationship between BMI and depression. The scores of 6 patients are determined. She makes a scatterplot to assess of the relationship appears to be linear. It turns out to be a positive linear relationship. The Sum of Squared Errors is 8.875 and the Total Sum of Squares (SSTO) is 17.5. What is the value of the correlation coefficient between BMI and depression?