Question

according to the model, an extra pound of weight causes the self esteem score to go down by points. this slope is negative and shows that the variables of a child's weight and self-esteem have a negative correlation. true or false

Answer 1

true

Explanation:

You want to know if weight and self-esteem have a negative correlation if an increase in weight causes self-esteem to go down (the slope is negative).

Correlation coefficient

The slope of the line of best fit has the same sign as the correlation coefficient. The magnitude of the correlation coefficient is the ratio of the covariance to the product of the standard deviations of the variables.

It is true that the weight and self-esteem have negative correlation.