Let's Assume We Find in a Study That the Pearson's

question 43

Multiple Choice

Let's assume we find in a study that the Pearson's correlation coefficient between number of years of education and cigarette smoking is -0.73.This means that as education level increases

• A)smoking tends to increase.
• B)smoking tends to decrease.
• C)smoking changes 73%.
• D)education and smoking are unrelated.
• E)an educated person smokes 73 cigarettes a day.

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