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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A positive correlation means that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases. In this case, as temperature increases (during the warmest months), the number of aggravated assaults also increases, indicating a positive correlation.

A Recent Analysis of Aggravated Assaults in a Northern City