The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.50. What could we conclude from this correlation coefficient?
a) People with high hostility scores live longer.
b) People who have low hostility scores die younger.
c) People who have high hostility scores die younger.
d) People who have low hostility scores die 50 percent sooner than those with high hostility scores.
ANS: c
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