A researcher tested the relationship between occupational prestige and level of approval of a proposal to ban handguns in the state and found a gamma of -0.17. This relationship is
a. weak and negative.
b. strong and negative.
c. weakly moderate.
d. positive and weak
ANSWER: a
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