Question

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what does it mean that hours spent watching tv and total number of discipline problems in school are correlated +.45?

the less trouble a child gets into at school, the more tv he or she likely watches.

the more hours a child spends watching tv, the more likely that child will get into trouble at school.

watching tv and disciplinary problems are not related.

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Explanation:

A positive correlation (+.45) means as one variable (TV hours) increases, the other (discipline problems) tends to increase. The first option has an inverse relationship, the third says no relation. The second option matches positive correlation.

Answer:

The more hours a child spends watching TV, the more likely that child will get into trouble at school.