You calculate a correlation coefficient of -0.8 for the two characteristics of eating a particular fruit and having a particular level of blood cholesterol. What can you conclude?     There is not enough information in this question to provide an answer.     The more of this fruit you eat, the lower your blood cholesterol will be.     There is no correlation between eating this fruit and having a particular level of blood cholesterol.     The more of this fruit you eat, the higher your blood cholesterol will be.     There is a correlation between eating this fruit and having a particular blood cholesterol, but the value of 0.8 is too low to draw any conclusions.

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You calculate a correlation coefficient of -0.8 for the two characteristics of eating a particular fruit and having a particular level of blood cholesterol. What can you conclude?

   

There is not enough information in this question to provide an answer.

   

The more of this fruit you eat, the lower your blood cholesterol will be.

   

There is no correlation between eating this fruit and having a particular level of blood cholesterol.

   

The more of this fruit you eat, the higher your blood cholesterol will be.

   

There is a correlation between eating this fruit and having a particular blood cholesterol, but the value of 0.8 is too low to draw any conclusions.

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