Mr. Jones, a sixth grade science teacher, has tried to predict his students' end-of-the-year grades by looking at their grades from the previous year. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any systematic relationship between these two variables. The correlation between these two variables is probably ____________.
A) near zero
B) positive
C) negative
D) near 1.0

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The fact that there does not seem to be any systematic relationship between the students' grades from the previous year and their end-of-the-year grades suggests that there is no correlation or a very weak correlation between the two variables. Therefore, the correlation is likely to be near zero.

Mr Jones, a Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Has Tried to Predict