Which phrase best describes a scatter plot in which the variables are correlated with r = 0.79?

weak negative association
weak positive association
strong negative association
strong positive association

Question

Which phrase best describes a scatter plot in which the variables are correlated with r = 0.79?

       weak negative association
       weak positive association
       strong negative association
       strong positive association

campbell_st · Answer

its a positive decimal... and given 1 is perfect. and 0 is no correlation... 

where do you think 0.79 lies...?

these ideas should help you to answer the question

anonymous · Answer

Do we round the decimal up to 1?

anonymous · Answer

@jim_thompson5910 @dtan5457

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

check out this page http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libarts/polsci/Statistics.html

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

"Do we round the decimal up to 1?"

no you don't round correlation coefficients to the nearest whole number

anonymous · Answer

B?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

why B?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

it's always going to be under 1

r ranges from -1 to +1

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

if r > 0 and if r is close to 0, then the correlation is weakly positive

if r > 0 and if r is close to +1, then the correlation is strongly positive

anonymous · Answer

So if it's not B, then it's D?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

correct