Suppose that the correlation r between two quantitative variables was found to be r = 0. This means that: There is no relationship between the two variables. There is a strong relationship between the two variables. There is no linear relationship between the two variables. There is a strong linear relationship between the two variables. None of the above A correlation of r =.87 is found between sunscreen sales and number of drowning over a 1-year period.

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Russell Mendoza

Mathematics

23 April, 11:35

Suppose that the correlation r between two quantitative variables was found to be r = 0. This means that: There is no relationship between the two variables. There is a strong relationship between the two variables. There is no linear relationship between the two variables. There is a strong linear relationship between the two variables. None of the above A correlation of r =.87 is found between sunscreen sales and number of drowning over a 1-year period.

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There is no linear relationship between the two variables

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A correlation Coefficient of zero means no relationship between two quantitative variables. But correlation coefficient is only suitable and can only measure this more accurately if the variables have a linear relationship (under Pearson)