Answer to Question #277031 in Statistics and Probability for Ddd

Question

State how you would interpret the relationship between two variables whose sample correlation coefficient r is calculated to be

1. r = 0.985

2. r = - 0.76

3. r = 0.001

Answer 1

1. r=0.985

There exists a very strong positive relationship between the two variables

2. r=-0.76

There exist a strong negative relationship between the two variables

3. r= 0.001

There exist a very weak positive relationship between the two variables.