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The Pearson’s r test is

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A measure of the degree to which two variables are linearly related in a same

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a positive relationship is when

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one variable goes up or down and so does the other

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a negative relationship is when

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one variable goes up, the other goes down

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a neutral relationship is when

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two variables don’t have anything to do with each other

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curvilinear relationship us

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changes directions from a positive to a negative relationship. the severity of the illness starts to go down when the medication goes up, but then changes directions as the consumption of the medication increases

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pearson’s r measures a, not a

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correlation, causation