A positive correlation indicates
A) a direct relationship in which two sets of scores increase together or decrease together.
B) an inverse relationship in which scores for one variable increase as scores for another variable decrease.
C) a measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.
D) the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.

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A positive correlation indicates that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases. This demonstrates a direct relationship between the two variables.

A Positive Correlation Indicates