121. Many studies have explored the relationship between smoking and health problems. If one of these studies found a Spearman's rho of +0.78 between amount of smoking and seriousness of health problems, this would indicate

a. that smoking causes health problems.
b. a positive, causal relationship between these variables.
c. a positive, strong relationship between these variables.
d. a positive, statistically significant relationship between these variables.


ANSWER: c

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