You read a research study that claims to have found a correlation of r = -.43 between smoking and vegetable consumption.This means that
A)the less you smoke,the fewer vegetables you eat.
B)the more you smoke,the fewer vegetables you eat.
C)the more you smoke,the more vegetables you eat.
D)smoking and vegetable consumption are unrelated.

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A negative correlation coefficient (r) indicates an inverse relationship, which means that as one variable (smoking) increases, the other variable (vegetable consumption) decreases. Therefore, the more one smokes, the fewer vegetables they tend to eat.

You Read a Research Study That Claims to Have Found