{"id":257963,"date":"2025-07-17T19:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=257963"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:10:43","slug":"which-of-the-following-correlations-shows-the-strongest-relationship-between-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/17\/which-of-the-following-correlations-shows-the-strongest-relationship-between-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following correlations shows the strongest relationship between variables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following correlations shows the strongest relationship between variables? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group of answer choices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> -.75 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 -.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>34 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>62<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>-0.75<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correlation coefficients range from -1 to +1. The closer the number is to either end of this range, the stronger the relationship between the two variables. A positive value indicates a positive relationship, where as one variable increases, the other also increases. A negative value indicates a negative relationship, where one variable increases as the other decreases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>-0.75<\/strong> represents a strong negative relationship. As one variable increases, the other decreases, and the relationship is strong because the coefficient is close to -1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0.62<\/strong> represents a moderate positive relationship, where as one variable increases, the other tends to increase as well, but the relationship is weaker than -0.75.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-0.34<\/strong> represents a weak negative relationship. It\u2019s still a negative correlation, but it\u2019s not as strong as -0.75.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0.22<\/strong> represents a weak positive relationship, meaning there is a slight tendency for both variables to increase together, but the relationship is very weak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>-0.75<\/strong> shows the strongest relationship, and because it\u2019s negative, it indicates that as one variable increases, the other decreases with a relatively strong association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following correlations shows the strongest relationship between variables? Group of answer choices -.75 . 22 -. 34 . 62 The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is -0.75. Correlation coefficients range from -1 to +1. 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