A researcher decides to collect some data to test the hypothesis that playing violent video games is related to violent behaviour. They ask a group of parents from a local elementary school to estimate two things over the last six months: how many hours per week of violent video games their children played, as well as the number of violent incidents they can recall their children being involved in. If playing violent video games contributes to violent tendencies, we would expect to see:
A)a negative correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents
B)a positive correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents
C)a perfect correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents
D)a curvilinear correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents
E)a skewed correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents

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A positive correlation between hours spent playing and violent incidents would indicate that as the amount of time spent playing violent video games increases, so does the number of violent incidents, which aligns with the hypothesis being tested.

A Researcher Decides to Collect Some Data to Test the Hypothesis