{"id":264689,"date":"2025-07-21T15:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=264689"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:01:31","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-the-weakest-correlation-coefficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/which-of-the-following-is-the-weakest-correlation-coefficient\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is the WEAKEST correlation coefficient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is the WEAKEST correlation coefficient? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>+.68 -.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>72 +.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>05 +.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 -.06<\/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 coefficient is <strong>+0.05<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Correlation coefficients range from <strong>-1 to +1<\/strong>, with values closer to <strong>-1<\/strong> or <strong>+1<\/strong> indicating stronger correlations, and values near <strong>0<\/strong> indicating weak or no correlation. The sign of the coefficient (positive or negative) tells you the direction of the relationship, but the magnitude (absolute value) indicates the strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to interpret each coefficient in the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>+0.68<\/strong>: This is a moderate positive correlation. As one variable increases, the other tends to increase as well, but the relationship is not perfect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-0.72<\/strong>: This is a moderate negative correlation. As one variable increases, the other tends to decrease, but it&#8217;s not a perfect inverse relationship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>+0.05<\/strong>: This is very close to <strong>0<\/strong>, meaning there is almost no linear relationship between the two variables. This is the weakest correlation in the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>+0.12<\/strong>: This is a very weak positive correlation. There is a slight positive relationship, but it&#8217;s almost negligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>-0.06<\/strong>: This is also a very weak negative correlation, essentially meaning there is almost no relationship between the two variables, similar to +0.05.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The key point is that <strong>+0.05<\/strong> is the weakest because it is the closest to <strong>0<\/strong>, indicating almost no linear relationship between the variables being measured. The other coefficients represent at least a moderate or weak relationship, but <strong>+0.05<\/strong> signifies the weakest possible correlation in this set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is the WEAKEST correlation coefficient? +.68 -. 72 +. 05 +. 12 -.06 The correct answer and explanation is: The weakest correlation coefficient is +0.05. Explanation: Correlation coefficients range from -1 to +1, with values closer to -1 or +1 indicating stronger correlations, and values near 0 indicating weak or no [&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-264689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264689","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=264689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}