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Rikki decided to collect data to determine if a runner's time and speed are correlated. She determined the data to have a correlation coefficient of −0.5. What does this r value indicate?

No correlation
A strong, positive correlation
A weak, positive correlation
A negative correlation

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Answer: A negative correlation

Explanation:

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Answer:

A negative correlation

Explanation:

This correlation coefficient indicate that there exist a weak negative correlation between the runner’s time and the speed.

This relation is negative because the correlation coefficient is negative

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