A positive value for a correlation indicates
a. increases in one variable tend to be accompanied by increases in the second variable.
b. increases in one variable tend to be accompanied by decreases in the second variable.
c. a stronger relationship than if the correlation were negative.
d. nothing; all correlation values are positive.
A
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