Identify errors in correlation analysis

A question is this type if and only if it asks to identify impossible, incorrect, or problematic correlation coefficient values or calculations.

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AQA S1 2012 January Q2
3 marks Moderate -0.8
2 Dr Hanna has a special clinic for her older patients. She asked a medical student, Lenny, to select a random sample of 25 of her male patients, aged between 55 and 65 years, and, from their clinical records, to list their heights, weights and waist measurements. Lenny was then asked to calculate three values of the product moment correlation coefficient based upon his collected data. His results were:
  1. 0.365 between height and waist measurement;
  2. 1.16 between height and weight;
  3. - 0.583 between weight and waist measurement. For each of Lenny's three calculated values, state whether the value is definitely correct, probably correct, probably incorrect or definitely incorrect.
AQA AS Paper 2 2019 June Q12
1 marks Easy -1.8
12 Manny is studying the price and number of pages of a random sample of books.
He calculates the value of the product moment correlation coefficient between the price and number of pages in each book as 1.05 Which of the following best describes the value 1.05 ?
Tick ( \(\checkmark\) ) one box.
definitely correct □
probably correct □
probably incorrect □
definitely incorrect □ \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{b45dc98e-1699-47c9-9228-5abe0e5c9195-15_2488_1716_219_153}
AQA Paper 3 2023 June Q10
1 marks Easy -2.5
Which of the following is not a possible value for a product moment correlation coefficient? Circle your answer. [1 mark] \(-\frac{6}{5}\) \(-\frac{3}{5}\) \(0\) \(1\)