Question

What does it mean when the correlation coefficient has a positive value?




When x increases, y decreases, and when x decreases, y increases.




When x increases, y increases, and when x decreases, y decreases.




When x increases, y decreases, and when x is constant, y equals zero.




When x increases, y increases, and when x is constant, y decreases.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

A positive correlation coefficient means that as the value of one variable increases, the value of the other variable increases; as one decreases the other decreases. A negative correlation coefficient indicates that as one variable increases, the other decreases, and vice-versa.
REFERENCE
http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/correlation/correlation.html

Answer 3

thank you!!

Answer 4

yea i was gonna say the same thing