A strong negative correlation between maternal alcohol consumption and newborn birth weight means that
A) alcohol consumption causes prenatal birth weight to decline.
B) birth weight is genetically determined.
C) maternal drinking has more of an effect on birth weight than smoking cigarettes.
D) maternal drinking and newborn birth weight are linked or associated.
D) maternal drinking and newborn birth weight are linked or associated. A correlation between two variables means they are linked or associated. However, the correlation does not specify how or whether one variable directly influences the other.
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