for employees who earn an hourly wage, suppose
Variable X: hours worked; Variable Y: dollars earned
Determine whether there is a positive association or negative association
between variable X and variable Y.

Question

for employees who earn an hourly wage, suppose
Variable X: hours worked; Variable Y: dollars earned
Determine whether there is a positive association or negative association
between variable X and variable Y.

daniellelovee · Answer

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directrix · Answer

It seems to me that the more the hours worked, the greater the dollars earned. If so, the correlation would be positive.

What sort of answer options are given?

daniellelovee · Answer

negative or positive association

directrix · Answer

The workers are paid by the hour worked. As X increases, the dollars earned, Y, increases. That is a positive association.

daniellelovee · Answer

thank you :)

directrix · Answer

You are welcome.