{"id":264672,"date":"2025-07-21T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=264672"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:53:10","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-the-weakest-correlation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/which-of-the-following-is-the-weakest-correlation\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is the weakest correlation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is the weakest correlation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> +.80 ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-.40, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+.14 , <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-.95<\/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 weakest correlation is <strong>+0.14<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correlation is a measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. It ranges from <strong>-1<\/strong> to <strong>+1<\/strong>, where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>+1<\/strong> indicates a perfect positive correlation (as one variable increases, the other increases in a perfectly predictable manner).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-1<\/strong> indicates a perfect negative correlation (as one variable increases, the other decreases in a perfectly predictable manner).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0<\/strong> indicates no linear relationship between the variables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, we are given four correlations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>+0.80<\/strong>: This is a strong positive correlation, meaning there is a clear tendency for both variables to increase together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-0.40<\/strong>: This is a moderate negative correlation, indicating a moderate inverse relationship where one variable tends to decrease as the other increases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>+0.14<\/strong>: This is a weak positive correlation. The relationship is positive, but it is very weak, meaning there is little to no predictable pattern between the two variables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-0.95<\/strong>: This is a very strong negative correlation. The two variables have an almost perfect inverse relationship, where one variable strongly decreases as the other increases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The weakest correlation is <strong>+0.14<\/strong> because it is closest to <strong>0<\/strong>, indicating that the relationship between the two variables is very weak. While there is some positive relationship, it is not strong or reliable. In contrast, the other correlations, especially <strong>+0.80<\/strong> and <strong>-0.95<\/strong>, indicate much stronger relationships, either positive or negative. Therefore, <strong>+0.14<\/strong> represents the weakest linear relationship among the options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is the weakest correlation? +.80 , -.40, +.14 , -.95 The correct answer and explanation is: The weakest correlation is +0.14. Correlation is a measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. It ranges from -1 to +1, where: In this case, we are given four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}