Question

The more exercise a person takes the fewer medical problems they report. This is an example of ______

Options

• curvilinear relationship

• statistical independence

• positive correlation

• negative correlation

Answer 1

The more exercise a person takes, the fewer medical problems they report. This is an example of a negative correlation.

Explanation:

In a negative correlation, as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. In this case, more exercise is the variable, and fewer medical problems are the other variable. As the amount of exercise increases, the number of medical problems reported decreases.