If a researcher obtained a negative correlation between a measure of anxiety and a measure of test performance, this would mean that as anxiety goes up, test scores
A)go up.
B)go down.
C)are unaffected.
D)sometimes go up and sometimes go down.

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A negative correlation between anxiety and test performance means that as anxiety increases, test scores decrease. This indicates an inverse relationship between the two variables.

If a Researcher Obtained a Negative Correlation Between a Measure