Question

A study finds that there is a strong, negative correlation between income and crime rate in a city. What could this suggest about the relationship between these two variables?

Answer 1

As income decreases, crime rate increases. As income increases, crime rate decreases.

Answer 2

Explanation:

a negative correlation means that both variables behave in depending but opposite directions.

so, the meaning here is that if the mean income in the city increases, then the crime decreases.

and vice versa.