A Correlation Coefficient of -

question 10

True/False

A correlation coefficient of -.80 represents a stronger relationship than a correlation coefficient of +.50.

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Definitions:

Society

A community of people living in a more or less ordered community, often characterized by its laws, customs, and organizations.

Invisible Hand

A metaphor introduced by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating behavior of the marketplace, where individual self-interests unintentionally benefit society.

Adam Smith

An 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, best known for his theories on capitalism and the invisible hand of the market.

Free Market

A system of voluntary exchange in which every agent is free to produce, buy, and sell “as the market will bear,” without interference or standards set by any outside authority.