A researcher examines the relationship between poverty and crime rates for 100 metropolitan areas and finds a zero-order correlation of 0.37.She controls for the percent of families that are headed by single parents and finds a first order partial correlation of 0.33.This is a ____ relationship.
A)direct
B)statistically significant
C)spurious
D)interactive

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The relationship is direct because the correlation remains positive and relatively strong even after controlling for the percent of families headed by single parents, indicating that the relationship between poverty and crime rates is not spurious or due to the third variable.

A Researcher Examines the Relationship Between Poverty and Crime Rates