Suppose You Conducted a Study About the Relationship of Self-Esteem

Suppose you conducted a study about the relationship of self-esteem and grades in school. The scores for self-esteem were recorded from a common scale of self-esteem where higher scores represent higher self-esteem. Grades were recorded as the numerical average of all grades for students on their last report card. Your hypothesis was as follows: There is a positive relationship between grades in school and self-esteem. You found a correlation of .31 between these two variables and a p value of .34 (i.e., r = .31; p = .34) . Did these data support your hypothesis?

A) Yes, because the correlation was positive rather than negative.
B) Yes, because the correlation was positive and statistical significance was found.
C) No, because the data fail to be statistically significant.
D) No, because the data had a positive correlation rather than a negative one.