A nurse conducted a study to examine the relationship between incidence of medication errors and the years of experience among medication nurses. Which result of the analysis of study data indicates the strongest inverse relationship?
1. R = -24
2. R = +.92
3. R = +.26
4. R = -.89
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Rationale 1: R = -24 indicates an inverse relationship, but is a weak relationship.
Rationale 2: R = +.92 indicates a strong relationship, but not an inverse relationship.
Rationale 3: R = +.26 indicates a weak relationship in which both variables changed in the same direction.
Rationale 4: R = -.89 indicates the strongest inverse relationship.
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