Suppose You Investigate the Relationship Between College Grades and Time

question 39

Multiple Choice

Suppose you investigate the relationship between college grades and time spent on Facebook and discover that the correlation is -.71. What does this tell you?

• A)longer times spent on Facebook are related to higher grades
• B)longer times spent on Facebook are related to lower grades
• C)to improve your grades, get off of Facebook
• D)time spent on Facebook really doesn't have anything to do with grades

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