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Dr. james found a correlation of 0.81 between scores on a measure of obesity and scores on a measure of the consumption of fast foods. this would be considered a _____ correlation. negative

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Strong and positive correlation.
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A linear correlation value of 0.81 is evidence of a moderately strong linear relationship between the variables involved, in this case fast food consumption and obesity. The fact that 0.81 is positive implies that the relationship is direct, that is, the higher the consumption of fast foods, the greater the obesity.

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