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Which phrase best describes the relationship between age and height at Liam’s school?

Which phrase best describes the relationship between age and height at Liam’s school-example-1

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A Correlation coefficient is used to measure how strong a relationship is between two variables. There are several types of the correlation coefficient, but the most popular is Pearson’s. Pearson’s correlation (also called Pearson’s R) is a correlation coefficient commonly used in linear regression.

R can take a value between -1 and 1, if R is;

1, we say that there is a perfect positive correlation.

-1, we say that there is a perfect negative correlation.

0.5 and upward but not 1, we say there is a strong positive correlation

-0.5 and downward but not -1, we say there is a strong negative correlation

between 0 to 0.5, we say there is a weak positive correlation

between 0 to -0.5, we say there is a weak positive correlation

The question says r = 0.25, hence Age and Height share a weak positive relationship

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