A Correlation Is Considered to Be Negative If _____

question 12

Multiple Choice

A correlation is considered to be negative if _____.

• A) both variables decrease
• B) both variables increase
• C) one variable increases while the other variable decreases
• D) change in one variable is unrelated to change in the other variable

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Definitions:

Nutrition

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

Materialism

A philosophical belief that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes can be explained as manifestations or results of matter.

Neuroscience

is the scientific study of the nervous system, encompassing its structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology.

Plasticity

The capacity of the brain to change and adapt in response to experience, learning, or injury.