Answer: c) people who wear seat belts sustain less serious injuries in an acciden
Explanation:
The CORRELATION COEFFICIENT is a very useful tool in statistics that checks the relationship between 2 variables.
The COEFFICIENT is a number between -1 and +1. A Coefficient of ZERO means there is no Correlation.
A Coefficient of +1 means that the variables are Perfectly Positively Correlated meaning that when one variable occurs, the other does as well. A Coefficient of -1 is Negatively Perfectly Correlated and is the reverse of the above.
The closer to -1 or +1 the Coefficient is, the STRONGER the correlation be it Negative or Positive.
Professor Rodman got a Correlation of -0.72 meaning that the 2 variables are very Negatively Correlated as the number is close to -1.
This means MORE seatbelts, LESS severity of accidents and vice versa.