A scatter diagram with the price of peanut butter on the vertical axis and the price of jelly on the horizontal axis shows a negative relationship. If the price of jelly was placed on the vertical axis and the price of peanut butter was placed on the horizontal axis, the relationship would be a
A) negative relationship, also called a direct relationship.
B) negative relationship, also called an inverse relationship.
C) positive relationship, also called a direct relationship.
D) positive relationship, also called an inverse relationship.

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Switching the axes does not change the nature of the relationship between the two variables. A negative relationship indicates that as one variable increases, the other decreases, which is an inverse relationship regardless of which variable is on which axis.

A Scatter Diagram with the Price of Peanut Butter on the Vertical