document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=612787>Question 612787</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Results obtained has a correlation coefficient of negative 0.86.  How do you clarify this result regarding the meaning of the correlation? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #385728 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=385728\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> correlation of negative .86 means a very strong negative correlation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "an increase in x represents a corresponding decrease in y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your slope of the best fit straight line is negative (decreasing from left to right).<BR>\n" );
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