What Does the Positive or Negative Sign of a Correlation

question 47

Multiple Choice

What does the positive or negative sign of a correlation coefficient indicate?

• A) cause of the relationship
• B) strength of the relationship
• C) number of data points
• D) direction of the relationship

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