A researcher has computed a gamma of -0.45 between marital happiness and number of children.What can she conclude?
A)families with more children are happier.This is a moderate relationship.
B)children have a strong,positive influence on levels of marital happiness.
C)there is a moderate,negative relationship between number of children and marital happiness.
D)there is a weak,negative relationship between the variables.

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A gamma of -0.45 indicates a moderate negative relationship between the variables. Therefore, as the number of children increase, marital happiness is likely to decrease moderately. It is not appropriate to conclude that families with more children are happier or that children have a strong positive influence on levels of marital happiness. Option D is also incorrect as the relationship is moderate, not weak.

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