Suppose psychologists discovered that people with a higher socioeconomic status are less satisfied with their marriages than people with a lower socioeconomic status are. This would indicate that wealth and marital satisfaction are:

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Mina Hatfield

28 July, 21:29

Suppose psychologists discovered that people with a higher socioeconomic status are less satisfied with their marriages than people with a lower socioeconomic status are. This would indicate that wealth and marital satisfaction are:

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negatively correlated.

Explanation:

A negative correlation is an inverse relationship between two variables, meaning that as the value of one variable increases, the value of the other decreases and vice versa. For example, using the illustration in the question, wealth and marital are two variables that are negatively correlated cause increase in wealth brings less satisfaction in marriages and vice versa.

Another example is the number of classes a student misses is negatively correlated with his or her class grade. As Jason skips more classes, his grades will worsen.