The results from a research study indicate that adolescents who watch more sexual content on television also tend to engage in more sexual behavior that their peers. The correlation between amount of TV sexual content and amount of sexual behavior is an example of a ____.
A) positive correlation
B) negative correlation
C) correlation near zero
D) correlation near one

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A positive correlation means that as one variable increases, so does the other. In this case, as the amount of TV sexual content watched by adolescents increases, so does the amount of sexual behavior they engage in.

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