The Correlation Between Scores on a Measure of Hostility and Age

question 170

Multiple Choice

The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.64.We could conclude from this correlation coefficient that people who have

• A)high hostility scores tend to live longer.
• B)low hostility scores tend to die younger.
• C)high hostility scores tend to die younger.
• D)low hostility scores die 64 percent sooner than those with high hostility scores.

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