A researcher shows that doctors who act more confidently are liked better by their patients … but only up to a point. If they act too confidently, their patients start to like them less. Which of the following best describes this result?
A) There is no relationship between physician confidence and patient liking.
B) The relationship between physician confidence and patient liking is nonlinear.
C) There is a strong negative relationship between physician confidence and patient liking.
D) It is a bimodal distribution

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The result shows that there is a relationship between physician confidence and patient liking, but it is not a linear relationship. The researchers have found that there is a point up to which the patients like confident doctors, but beyond that point, the patients start to like them less. This suggests a nonlinear relationship between the two variables.

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