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When the correlation coefficient isn't equal to 1 you have any number of choices. Contrary to what a maths syllabus might tell you, there is no right or wrong answer here. Do whatever you think best! Maths does have a creative element to it (this isn't it though...)

If its close to zero though, a regression line is probably a poor choice. There aren't many ways to draw a nice fitting curve in this case, but you might be able to model it with a random (e.g. bivariate normal) distribution.

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Can A regression equation have a negative coefficient of correlation and a negative coefficient of determination?

It's not quite possible for the coefficient of determination to be negative at all, because of its definition as r2 (coefficient of correlation squared). The coefficient of determination is useful since tells us how accurate the regression line's predictions will be but it cannot tell us which direction the line is going since it will always be a positive quantity even if the correlation is negative. On the other hand, r (the coefficient of correlation) gives the strength and direction of the correlation but says nothing about the regression line equation. Both r and r2 are found similarly but they are typically used to tell us different things.


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