Mary performs an analysis of her volunteers and finds a -.74 correlation coefficient between the number of hours spent volunteers and the number of hours worked per week at a paid position. How would you assess the strength of this relationship?
A) Strong relationship
B) Moderate relationship
C) Weak relationship
D) No relationship

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The correlation coefficient of -.74 indicates a strong relationship, albeit inversely, meaning as the number of volunteer hours increases, the number of hours worked at a paid position tends to decrease, or vice versa.

Mary Performs an Analysis of Her Volunteers and Finds a -.74