The Relationship Between Number of Friends and Happiness Is Weaker

The relationship between number of friends and happiness is weaker in adulthood than in childhood. You make a scatter plot for children and a scatter plot for adults. In each scatter plot, you have SPSS insert the best fitting straight line. The cluster of dots for adults compared to that for children) :

A) will be less spread out surrounding the best fitting straight line i.e., they will be closer to the line) .
B) will be more spread out surrounding the best fitting straight line.
C) all dots will always fall on the straight line.
D) there will be a lack any apparent tilt in the line.