What is the difference between a positive and negative correlation?

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What is the difference between a positive and negative correlation?

2007-03-05 03:58:30 · 2 answers · asked by nlgordaz 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology

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if 2 things are correlated positively, it means that as one changes in a positive direction, the other will also change in a positive direction, while a negative corelation means that as one thing changes in a positive direction, the other changes in a negative direction.

2007-03-05 04:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Not quite clear enough- in a positive correlation two variables move in the same direction, they go up together OR go down together. In a negative correlation, when one variable increases, the other one decreases.

2007-03-05 05:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by mcd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋