If a researcher found that family income and divorce rates had a strong positive correlation, it would indicate that:

a. low family income tends to be associated with high divorce rates
b. there is no relationship between family income and divorce rates
c. decreases in family income cause an increase in divorce rates
d. high family income tends to be associated with high divorce rates


D

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