Question

If $r=–0.97$, then

• A. Correlation is negative and curved
• B. Correlation is linear and negative
• C. Correlation is in the third and fourth quadrant
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Correlation is linear and negative

Explanation for correct option.

Correlation: The correlation coefficient r measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables on a scatterplot.

Here, $r=–0.97$ clearly this is negative so it is negative correlation.

Also this is linear.

Hence option B is correct.