A researcher conducted a study of the relationship between the amount of television an individual watches and how fearful that individual is about becoming a victim of crime
She found that the more television an individual watched the more fearful that individual was about becoming a victim of crime. What type of correlation does this represent?
A) positive.
B) negative
C) causational
D) zero
A) positive A positive correlation between two variables means higher scores on one variable tend to be linked to higher scores on the second.
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