A college professor reports that students who finish exams early tend to get better grades than students who hold on to exams until the last possible moment.The correlation between exam score and amount of time spent on the exam is an example of a ____.
A)positive correlation
B)negative correlation
C)correlation near zero
D)correlation near one

Question

A college professor reports that students who finish exams early tend to get better grades than students who hold on to exams until the last possible moment.The correlation between exam score and amount of time spent on the exam is an example of a ____.​
A)​positive correlation
B)​negative correlation
C)​correlation near zero
D)​correlation near one

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other decreases. In this case, as the amount of time spent on the exam decreases (finishing early), the exam score increases, indicating a negative correlation.

A College Professor Reports That Students Who Finish Exams Early