Question

A study of several cities shows a positive correlation between the number of churches and the

Answer 1

Answer-

A. More churches lead to more crimes.

Solution-

Properties of Correlation Coefficient,

1- A positive correlation means that if one variable gets bigger, the other variable tends to get bigger.

2- A negative correlation means that if one variable gets bigger, the other variable tends to get smaller.

Here,there is a positive correlation between the number of churches and the city’s crime rate. So as the number of churches increase, the crime rate also gets increased.