Ms. Davila, a health education teacher, tells her students that they should refrain from smoking because smoking shortens the life span. Specifically, she tells them the more cigarettes they smoke, the less time they will live and, conversely, the fewer cigarettes they smoke, the longer they will live. This is an example of __________ correlation.

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The indication of a negative correlation is that when one variable increases, the other will decrease. In this example, the more cigarettes one smokes (an increase), the shorter time one will live (a decrease).

Ms Davila, a Health Education Teacher, Tells Her Students That