The Manager of New England Patriots Conducted a Large Survey

The manager of New England Patriots conducted a large survey. He wanted to know if there was an association between fans being "season ticket holders" vs. "non-season ticket holders" and whether they "bought" vs. "didn't buy" team merchandise at the game. Since his survey included these measurements, he used SPSS to run a Pearson correlation coefficient that turned out to be 0.88 with a Sig. value of .001. This meant there is a significant______________ relationship.