A researcher fit a linear model to her data and calculated the correlation coefficient to be

Question

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0.29
. Which statement about the correlation among the data is true?
Responses

There is a weak negative correlation.
There is a weak negative correlation.

There is a strong negative correlation.
There is a strong negative correlation.

There is a weak positive correlation.
There is a weak positive correlation.

There is a strong positive correlation.

Answer 1

The correct statement is:

There is a weak negative correlation.

A correlation coefficient of -0.29 indicates a weak negative relationship between the two variables. Correlation coefficients range from -1 to 1, where values closer to -1 represent strong negative correlations and values closer to 1 represent strong positive correlations. A value of -0.29 suggests a weak correlation.