Associations for Each Pair of Variables, Indicate What Association You $\text { negative } ( - ) \text {, curved } ( \mathrm { C } ) \text {, or none } ( \mathrm { N } ) \text {. }$

question 26

Essay

Associations For each pair of variables, indicate what association you expect: positive(+), $\text { negative } ( - ) \text {, curved } ( \mathrm { C } ) \text {, or none } ( \mathrm { N } ) \text {. }$
a. power level setting of a microwave; number of minutes it takes to boil water
b. number of days it rained in a month (during the summer); number of times you mowed
your lawn that month
c. number of hours a person has been up past a normal bedtime; number of minutes it
takes the person to do a crossword puzzle
d. number of hockey games played in Minnesota during a week; sales of suntan lotion in
Minnesota during that week
e. length of a student's hair; number of credits the student earned last year

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