Mohamed is conducting research on the relationship between education and fertility. Muhammad finds that the more education a woman has, the fewer children she is likely to have because educated women spend much of their childbearing years in school or climbing the career ladder. This suggests that there is a _____________________ between education and fertility.
A) positive correlation
B) spurious correlation
C) negative correlation
D) reliable correlation

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A negative correlation suggests that as one variable (in this case, education) increases, the other variable (fertility) decreases. This matches the findings of Mohamed's research, indicating a negative correlation between education and fertility.

Mohamed Is Conducting Research on the Relationship Between Education and Fertility