Basic Statistics: Tales of Distributions 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 0-49580-891-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-49580-891-6

Chapter 6 - Correlation and Regression - Problems - Page 95: 6.2

Answer

Two variables are correlated when there is a patterned relationship between them.

Work Step by Step

If the values of the second variable tend to increase when the first variable increases, the correlation is positive. If the values of the second variable tend to decrease when the first variable increases, the correlation is negative.
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