A study finds a correlation coefficient of r = .32 and reports p

Question

A study finds a correlation coefficient of r = .32 and reports p < .05.The p value indicates which of the following?
A)The correlation is negative.
B)The correlation is unlikely to have come from a zero association population.
C)The correlation is not statistically significant.
D)The effect size is medium.

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The p value of less than .05 indicates that the correlation is unlikely to have come from a zero association population, meaning that there is evidence of a statistically significant relationship between the variables.

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