You are conducting a survey of international students studying at your university.Several of the questions on the survey try to determine how much exposure to American culture the student had before coming to the United States.You suspect that the more exposure the student had before arriving here,the fewer problems of adjustment he or she will report.You are looking for a(n)____.
A) hypothesis.
B) negative correlation.
C) positive correlation.
D) independent variable.

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A negative correlation is expected because as the exposure to American culture increases (before coming to the U.S.), the problems of adjustment reported by the student are expected to decrease.

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