The line of best fit and the correlation coefficient are calculated for a set of data. The value of the correlation coefficient is r =-0.95. What is the strength and type of the correlation for this data?

Question

a) strong and positive
b) weak and positive
c) strong and negative
d) weak and negative

Answer 1

you only have two options: strong vs weak, and positive vs negative.
Do a little studying, and the choice should be clear.
Post your results if you need validation.

Answer 2

strong and negitive