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GCSE Psychology · key term
An association in which higher values of one variable tend to occur with lower values of the other.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1, Paper 2
A relationship in which higher values of one variable tend to accompany lower values of the other.
Revise: CorrelationA negative correlation means that higher values of one co-variable tend to accompany lower values of the other. If people who reported more sleep generally consumed fewer caffeinated drinks, this would be a negative correlation.
Negative correlation does not mean no correlation: it means that higher values of one variable tend to accompany lower values of the other.
Negative means opposite directions, not a weak relationship. Either positive or negative correlations can be strong.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
A relationship in which higher values of one co-variable tend to occur with lower values of the other.
Revise: CorrelationsA negative correlation means that as one co-variable increases, the other tends to decrease. If students reporting more sleep tend to have lower stress scores, that would be a negative correlation.
