Chapter 5.7, Problem 3STP

For Exercises 1-5, choose the correct letter.

Mr. Bolton has worked for the same company for 17 years. What relationship would you expect between the number of years he has been with the company and his annual salary?

A. positive correlation

C. no correlation

B. negative correlation

D. none of the above

To determine

To choose: the correct answer for the given problem.

Answer to Problem 3STP

Option A is correct.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The given situation is as follows:

“Mr. Bolton has worked for the same company for seventeen years”.

Calculation:

As the number of years working with company increases, the annual salary increases.

If we draw the graph between them, the graph has increases slope. So there is a positive

Correlation between them.

Hence, there is positive correlation between the number of years and annual salary.

Option A is correct.