You are interested in the relation between the number of years working for a particular company and loneliness at work. You survey 40 workers at this company and figure a correlation between these two variables of -.90. This is considered a:
A)weak positive linear correlation
B)weak negative linear correlation
C)strong positive linear correlation
D)strong negative linear correlation

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A correlation of -0.90 indicates a strong negative linear correlation, meaning as the number of years working for the company increases, loneliness at work tends to decrease significantly.

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