For a sample of 10 individuals, aresearcher calculates residuals for the relationship between“number of delinquent friends” and “number of prior arrests” andfinds that the positive residuals = 125. The researcher thencollects a second sample of 10 individuals and calculates theresiduals on the same two variables and discovers the sum of thepositive residuals = 75. What can you conclude about the strengthof the relationship between “number of delinquent peers” and“number of prior arrests” across these two random samples? How arethey similar/different?
