Hopefully, the amount of time a student spends studying would show a(n)________ correlation with the student's grades.
A)negative
B)spurious
C)positive
D)illusory

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A positive correlation means that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases. In this case, as the amount of time spent studying increases, the student's grades also likely increase. A negative correlation would mean that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. A spurious correlation is a correlation that occurs by coincidence or is not causally related. An illusory correlation is a perceived correlation that does not actually exist.

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