The number of times a player has golfed in one's lifetime is compared to the number of strokes it takes the player to complete 18 holes. The correlation coefficient relating the two variables is -0.26. Which best describes the strength of the correlation and what is true about the causation between the variables?

It is a weak negative correlation and it is not likely causal.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The number of times a player has golfed in one's lifetime is compared to the number of strokes it takes the player to complete 18 holes. The correlation coefficient relating the two variables is -0.26.

Variables : "number of times a player has golfed in one's lifetime" and "number of strokes it takes the player to complete 18 holes".

Since -0.26 is more closer to 0 as compared to 1 , so it describes a weak negative correlation.

Also, it is not likely causal as number of times a player has golfed in one's lifetime not cause number of strokes it takes the player to complete 18 holes.

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john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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