If Two Variables Have a Correlation Coefficient Equal to +0

question 20

True/False

If two variables have a correlation coefficient equal to +0.75, the scatter plot will have an upward slope moving from left to right.

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Definitions:

Genetically Divergent Populations

Populations that show significant genetic differences from each other, often due to adaptations to different environments or evolutionary pressures.

Expected Frequency

A term often used in genetics and statistics referring to the predicted frequency of a particular genotype or allele in a population, based on theoretical assumptions.

Alleles

Variants of a gene found at the same place on a chromosome that code for different traits.

Phenotypic Trait

An observable and measurable characteristic of an organism, such as morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, or behavior, that may be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors.