If we were to find that the correlation between height and anxiety was negative, we would predict ...

If we were to find that the correlation between height and anxiety was negative, we would predict that:
 
  a. taller people would tend to be more anxious.
  b. shorter people would tend to be more anxious.
  c. shorter people would tend to be less anxious.
  d. height and anxiety are unrelated.

Question 2

Consider this: As the price of gasoline drops, people drive more miles. What type of correlation does this describe?
 
  a. a positive correlation
  b. a negative correlation
  c. a perfect correlation
  d. a confounding correlation

Question 3

If we were to find that the correlation between eating high-fat food and heart attack was positive, we would conclude that:
 
  a. eating high fat foods causes heart attack.
  b. eating lots of high fat food is associated with high incidence of heart attack.
  c. eating lots of high fat food is associated with low incidence of heart attack.
  d. people who have heart attacks do not eat many foods with high fat content.

Question 4

Eye color and intelligence are ____ correlated.
 
  a. not
  b. positively
  c. negatively
  d. sometimes