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Our dataset contains the following variables:
Year: the year of the Olympic Games, from 1896 to 2000.
Time: the winning time for the 1,500 meter race, in seconds.
First, let's explore the relationship between the two quantitative variables—year and time. Produce a scatterplot and use it to verify that year and time are nearly linear in their relationship.
Here's a reminder of how to do this in Minitab: