Answer:
The correlation coefficient tells us how close a set of data is to a line of best fit. The nearer the value is to 1 or -1 the more linear the data is. Closer to 0 = random data. So if it is 1 or -1, that means that it is exactly the same as the line of best fit. If the number is 0.97, that means that the data is 97% the same as the line of best fit. Absolute value applies, so -0.97, is the same difference as 0.97.
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