A researcher computes a correlation coefficient and determines that it is zero. This finding indicates that
a. a perfect correlation exists.
b. there is no relationship between the variables.
c. the researcher has made an error in the computation.
d. as one variable increases, the other variable decreases.
Answer: b. there is no relationship between the variables.
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