Increasing the number of local hospitals will cause life exp

Increasing the number of local hospitals will cause life expectancy for local residents to increase. A medical study found a negative relationship between exercise (in minutes per week) and stress-related health problems (r = -.26). Which of the following conclusions is appropriate? Explain why the other is not appropriate. 6.76% of the variance in stress-related health problems can be explained by the amount of weekly exercise. Increasing the amount of exercise per week will cause stress-related health problems to decrease. A social scientist measures the relationship between computer use (in hours per day) and

Solution

b is appropriate clearly since the relationship is negative, correlation is negative , they move in opposite direction.

other is not appropriate since one is not a cause of other its just the opposite.