If Persons with High Scores on One Variable Are Equally

question 161

Multiple Choice

If persons with high scores on one variable are equally likely to have either high or low scores on a second variable, the two variables are:

• A) positively correlated.
• B) negatively correlated.
• C) perfectly correlated.
• D) not correlated.
• E) normally distributed.

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