A +.55 correlation between a measure of maternal language stimulation and the size of children's vocabularies at age 2 suggests a
A) moderate negative correlation.
B) causal relationship.
C) moderate positive correlation.
D) high correlation.

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A correlation of +0.55 is considered moderate to high and indicates a positive relationship between the two variables, in this case, maternal language stimulation and children's vocabulary size. However, correlation does not imply causation, so we cannot infer a causal relationship based on this correlation coefficient alone.

A +55 Correlation Between a Measure of Maternal Language Stimulation and and the Size