Association between the heights of men and women

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A student wonders if people of similar heights tend to date each other. She measures herself, her roommate, and the women in adjoining rooms; then she measures the next man each woman dates. Here are the data (heights in inches):

Women 66 64 66 65 70 65

Men 72 68 70 68 74 69

Sketch a scatterplot of this data and then decide which of the following statements is true:

a. The variables measured are all categorical.

b. There is a strong negative association between the heights of men and women, because the women are always smaller than the men they date.

c. There is a positive association between the heights of men and women.

d. Any height above 70 inches must be considered an outlier.

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