A correlation of +0.40 between levels of depression in teens and their parents would indicate that
A) teen and parental depression are mostly unrelated.
B) teen depression causes parental depression.
C) parental depression causes teen depression.
D) depressed teens tend to have depressed parents.

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A correlation of +0.40 indicates a moderate positive relationship between teen and parental depression. This suggests that as one variable (teen depression) increases, the other variable (parental depression) also tends to increase. Therefore, option D, which suggests that depressed teens tend to have depressed parents, is the best answer.

A Correlation of +0