Leo conducts a study in which he relates gestational age at birth (e.g., 38 weeks, 39 weeks, etc.) to the degree of attention deficit symptoms. He finds that the lower the gestational age at birth, the higher the degree of attention deficit. This relationship, which is moderate in strength, is best characterized by which of the following correlations?

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A negative correlation indicates that as one variable increases, the other decreases. A moderate negative correlation is represented by r = -.45.

Leo Conducts a Study in Which He Relates Gestational Age