Which of the following statements is consistent with the scatterplot?

a) there is evidence that a lurking variable is present

b) there is an outlier in the plot and, if the least-squares line were fit to the data, it would have a negative residual

c) there is an outlier in the plot and, if the least-squares line were fit to the data, it would have a positive residual

Which of the following statements is consistent with the scatterplot a there is evidence that a lurking variable is present b there is an outlier in the plot an class=