A researcher found that short people did well in research methods and tall people did badly, with people of average height scoring in the middle. The relationship between height and grade in research methods is a

A) Positive correlation.
B) Negative correlation.
C) Nonlinear relationship.
D) Curvilinear relationship.


Answer: B

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