A researcher is studying the relationship between age and diversity awareness and finds a negative correlation.What does that mean?
A) As age increases, diversity awareness increases.
B) As age decreases, diversity awareness decreases.
C) As age increases, diversity awareness decreases.
D) A person's age doesn't affect her level of diversity awareness.
E) The study was inconclusive.

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A negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. So, in this case, as age increases, diversity awareness decreases.

A Researcher Is Studying the Relationship Between Age and Diversity