A negative 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 negative correlation means that as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. This is also known as an inverse relationship. Option A describes a positive correlation, while options C and D describe measures of variability that are not related to correlation.

A Negative Correlation Indicates