What Is Indicated by a Positive Value for a Correlation

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is indicated by a positive value for a correlation?

• A)Increases in X tend to be accompanied by increases in Y
• B)Increases in X tend to be accompanied by decreases in Y
• C)A much stronger relationship than if the correlation were negative
• D)A much weaker relationship than if the correlation were negative

---

Definitions:

Sexual Orientation

A person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction towards others, which can vary across a spectrum including homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual, among others.

Genetic Influence

The contribution of genes inherited from parents to the physical and behavioral characteristics of an individual.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.

Sexual Orientation

An enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to men, women, both genders, neither gender, or another gender, along with one's sense of identity based on those attractions.