A Study Looked at X = Distance of Convenience Stores

question 43

Multiple Choice

A study looked at x = distance of convenience stores from a large city's Contemporary Art Museum, and y = price of a 50-mL bottle of water at the stores.The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was calculated to be -0.73.What does this tell you about the variables?

• A) There is no association between distance from the museum and the price of bottled water.
• B) There is an association between these variables: On average, the farther a convenience store is from the museum, the less expensive a bottle of water is at the store.
• C) There is an association between these variables: On average, the farther a convenience store is from the museum, the more expensive a bottle of water is at the store.
• D) The distance of a convenience store from the museum determines the price of a bottle of water at the store.

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