A recent analysis of aggravated assaults in a northern city reveals that aggravated assaults tend to increase during the warmest months of the year and decrease during the coldest months of the year. In this case, we would say which of the following about the correlation between temperature and aggravated assaults;

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The correlation is positive because as the temperature increases, the number of aggravated assaults also increases, indicating a direct relationship between the two variables.

A Recent Analysis of Aggravated Assaults in a Northern City