Question

A student was studying the relationship between how much money students spend on food and on entertainment per week. Based on a sample size of 270, he calculated a correlation coefficient (r) of .013 for these two variables. Which of the following is an an appropriate interpretation?

a. This low correlation of .013 indicates there is no relationship.
b. There is no linear relationship but there may be a nonlinear relationship.
c. This correlation indicates there is some type of linear relationship.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is "Option b".

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, the value of the correlation coefficient is 0.013 from the given information. It is the equation, which realized the indeed closer their correlation coefficient is to -1 or 1, the greater the positive correlation, although in this case, the value of the correlation coefficient is 0.013, close to "0".