A researcher finds that as her subjects increased the number of hours they spent exercising, the overall weight of her subjects decreased. This would be an example of a _________correlation.

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A negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. In this case, as the number of hours spent exercising increases, the weight of the subjects decreases, showing a negative correlation. The other choices are not applicable - a positive correlation would mean that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases, a zero correlation would mean that there is no relationship between the two variables, and a causal relationship cannot be determined solely through correlation.

A Researcher Finds That as Her Subjects Increased the Number