The human resources department at a company noticed that there is a linear association between the number of days that an employee is absent from year to year, with correlation 0.4. The correlation of...

The human resources department at a company noticed that there is a linear association between the number of days that an employee is absent from year to year, with correlation 0.4. The correlation of absences this year with the number of absences last year is 0.4. Managers claim that an award given to employees who are seldom absent has inspired those who are frequently absent to be present more often in the following year. What do you think?