Question

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The correlation coefficient for the ages of driver safety class and the number of traffic violations they have received is -0.61.

How are the ages and numbers of violations related?

A. As age increases, violations increase.

B. As age increased, violations remain the same.

C. As age increased, violations decrease.

D. There is no association between age and number of violations.

Answer 1

The answer to this question is answer choice (c) As age increased, violations decrease.

The coefficient -0.61 shows a strong negative correlation which means that the relationship between the age and the violation is an inverse relationship; as age increases violation decreases.