SOLUTION: The variables height and weight could reasonably be expected to have a positive linear correlation, since taller people tend to be heavier, on average, than shorter people. Give an

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Question 266609: The variables height and weight could reasonably be expected to have a positive linear correlation, since taller people tend to be heavier, on average, than shorter people. Give an example of a pair of variables which you would expect to have negative linear correlation and explain why. Then give an example of a pair of variables which are likely to have no correlation.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Give an example of a pair of variables which you would expect to have negative linear correlation and explain why.
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As the hours of daylight increase in the Artic, the area of the
polar ice cap decreases.
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As the number of wolves in Yellowstone increases the number of
buffalo calfs decreases.
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As unemployment increases in the US the amount of bank deposits
decreases.
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