Discussion: The Pacific World and Antarctica Graded Discussion
Discussion Topic
Consider what you know about cultural diffusion and cultural isolation. How have these
factors affected Australia, New Zealand, and other areas of Oceania? Be sure to consider
similarities or differences between each region, as well as the similarities or differences
the regions have with other regions.

Griffin correctly concludes that the coordinate pair for the russian federation is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will significantly change the trend of the regression line. is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will not significantly affect the estimated coefficient of determination of the regression line. is not an influential point, because the russian federation does not have the highest cvdir of all 1111 nations in the scatterplot. is an influential point, because removing the russian federation from the relationship will not significantly affect the estimated slope of the regression line. is not an influential point, because the russian federation has a positive residual in the least-squares linear regression.