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Two variables are correlated with r = 0.44.   Which description best describes the strength and direction of the association between the variables?     Question 10 options: strong positive moderate positive strong negative moderate negative

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strong negative

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Two variables are correlated with r = 0.44.   Which description best describes the-example-1
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A moderate positive correlation best describes the strength and direction of the association between the variables. R = 0.44 means that the independent variable could make a positive 0.44 increase to the dependent variable. R correlation varies from 0 to 1 where 0 means the weakest correlation and 1 mean the strongest correlation. Therefore, 0.44 could be classified as moderate correlation. The minus and positive of the correlation coefficient show the direction between the variables.
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