If the Spearman correlation between variable A and variable B was -0.24, then what could be said about the correlation between these two variables?
A)There is a high positive correlation between A and B
B)There is a low negative correlation between A and B
C)There is a high negative correlation between A and B
D)There is no correlation between A and B
E)There is a low positive correlation between A and B

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The Spearman correlation coefficient ranges from -1 to 1. A value of -0.24 indicates a weak (low) negative correlation between variables A and B, meaning as one variable increases, the other tends to decrease slightly.

If the Spearman Correlation Between Variable a and Variable B