Question

As the temperature outside increases, more people wear shorts and fewer people carry jackets. The correlation between temperature and wearing shorts is _________. The correlation between temperature and carrying a jacket is _________

Answer 1

Positive . ; Negative.

Explanation:

Correlation refers to the type and strength of relationship between two variables, the type of correlation between two variables may be either negative or positive. Negative correlation exists when an increase in one variable leads to a decrease in the other while positive correlation occurs when an increase or decrease in one variable leads to a corresponding increase or decrease in the other variable.

Therefore, increase in outside temperature leads to more people wearing shorts shows a positive relationship between temperature and wearing shorts while a negative relationship exists between temperature and carrying jackets as carrying jackets decreases as outside temperature increases.