A financial advisor studies the relationship between the number of missed credit card payments and a person’s credit score. The scatterplot shows points tightly clustered around a downward-sloping line.

The points are tightly clustered around a downward-sloping line, so the relationship is strong and negative. A correlation of –0.91 best matches that pattern; –0.18 is weak, while the positive choices have the wrong direction.

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