Assume That a Medical Research Study Found a Correlation of -0.73

question 60

Multiple Choice

Assume that a medical research study found a correlation of -0.73 between consumption of vitamin A and the cancer rate of a particular type of cancer. This could be interpreted to mean:

• A) the more vitamin A consumed, the lower a person's chances are of getting this type of cancer.
• B) the less vitamin A consumed, the lower a person's chances are of getting this type of cancer.
• C) the more vitamin A consumed, the higher a person's chances are of getting this type of cancer.
• D) vitamin A causes this type of cancer.

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Definitions:

Opposite Number

The number that, when added to a given number, results in zero; also known as the additive inverse.

Real Number Line

A line that graphically represents the set of all real numbers in a continuous manner, where each point on the line corresponds to a real number.

Integers

Whole numbers that include positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero, but not fractions or decimals.

Real Number Line

A line that depicts all possible real numbers in a ordered, one-dimensional continuum, with every point on the line corresponding to a real number.