You read a research article that concludes that the higher a student's self-esteem, the worse he performs in school. This sort of relationship would best be characterized as
A) a negative correlation
B) no relationship
C) positive correlation
D) cause and effect

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A negative correlation is indicated when one variable increases as the other decreases, which matches the description of the relationship between a student's self-esteem and their school performance in the research article.

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