Assertion (A) Sale of ice-cream increases during summer, shows positive correlation.Reason (R) When two variables move in same direction, it shows positive correlation.

Assertion (A) Broadly, there only two types of correlation i.e., positive and negative.Reason (R) The correlation is said to be positive when the variables move together in the same direction, the correlation is negative when they move in opposite directions.

As x increases, y increases. correlation coefficient causation negative correlation positive correlation

A dataset includes two variables for a city in the past 40 years: the number of high school graduates and the consumption of pizzas each year. You find that the two variables are positively correlated.Which of the following statement best describes such a correlation?i)High school graduates love eating pizzas.ii)If we increase the number of high school graduates, we would expect an increase in the pizza consumption.iii)As there might be an increase in the general population of the city, the number of high school graduates appears to be positively correlated with the pizza consumption. iv)Pizza stores should target high schools to increase their revenue. Question 8Answera.iiib.iic.i, ii and ivd.i and iie.None of the listed statements

A correlation of r = 0.85 is found between weekly sales of firewood and cough drops over a 1-year period. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this correlation value? There is a pretty strong positive linear relationship between sales of firewood and cough drops. Temperature is a possible lurking variable that is behind this relationship. Fire must be the cause of coughing.

Consider the statement below:The divorce rate in Maine decreases with the per-capita consumption of margarine.Which relation best describes this statement?Accidental correlationCausationNegative correlationPositive correlation