A researcher hypothesized that as liquor sales increased, so would the crime rate in areas near those liquor stores. What type of relationship between liquor sales and crime rates did this researcher hypothesis?

A. a negative relationship
B. a positive relationship
C. an inverse relationship
D. a constant relationship


Answer: A

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