Question

Interpert the following Correlations:

Before a hurricane, Strawberry Pop-Tart sales increased about sevenfold.

In San Francisco, the areas with the most prostitution, alcohol, theft, and burglary are most positively correlated with Uber trips.

Online loan applicants who complete the application form with the correct case/spelling are more dependable debtors. Those who complete the form with all lower-case letters are slightly less reliable payers; all capitals reveals even less reliability.

Among hourly employees engaged in front-line service and sales-based positions, those who use these Chrome or Firefox perform better on employment assessment metrics and stay on longer.

American men 45 to 82 who skip breakfast showed a 27 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease over a 16-year period.

Among oil refinery workers, a one percentage-point increase in team employee engagement is associated with a 4 percent decrease in the number of safety incidents per employee.

Liking “Curly Fries” on Facebook is predictive of high intelligence.

Based on a study of the most damaging hurricanes in the United States during six recent decades, the ones with “relatively feminine” names killed an average of 42 people, almost three times the 15 killed by hurricanes with “relatively male” names.

Editors on Wikipedia who exhibit politeness are more likely to be elected to “administrative” status that grants greater operational authority. However, once elected, an editor’s politeness decreases.

Answer 1

1. The correlation between a hurricane and Strawberry Pop-Tart Sales is negative because if there is a high frequency of hurricane the Strawberry Pop-Tart Sales decreases.

2. As the prostitution, alcohol, theft, and burglary increase in San Francisco, the number of Uber Trips also increases hence they are positively correlated.

3. The loan applications with lower-case letters are negatively correlated with applications with all capital letters because as the size of letters increases the reliability decreases.

4. There exists a positive correlation between the use of Chrome or Firefox and the performance of employees in front-line service and sales-based positions on employment assessment metrics.

5. There is a negative correlation between breakfast and the risk of coronary heart disease in American men 45 to 82. As the number of breakfasts skipping increases the percentage of coronary heart disease increases.

6. As the team employee engagement increases the number of safety incidents per employee increases, therefore, there exists a positive correlation between them.

7. As the number of likes for Curly Fries increases on Facebook, the chances of high intelligence increases, therefore, there exists a positive correlation between the two.

8. There is a negative correlation between the deaths by hurricanes with “relatively feminine” names and the deaths by hurricanes with “relatively male” names.

9. The editors on Wikipedia without “Administrative” status are politer than the editors on Wikipedia elected for “Administrative” status.