When a Researcher Finds a Positive Correlation, That Means That

question 84

Multiple Choice

When a researcher finds a positive correlation, that means that

• A) A decrease in the independent variable is associated with an increase in the dependent variable.
• B) An increase in the independent variable is associated with an increase in the dependent variable
• C) An increase in the independent variable is associated with a decrease in the dependent variable
• D) An increase in the dependent variable is associated with a decrease in the independent variable

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Definitions:

Sample Observations

Specific instances from a larger population used to gather data and draw conclusions.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Sample Mean

The average value computed from a sample of data, representing an estimate of the population mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how spread out the values of a data set are.