The textbook authors write "[people] who perform poorly in high school tend to perform poorly in college" as an example of a(n)
A) positive correlation.
B) negative correlation.
C) inverse correlation.
D) indirect correlation.

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A positive correlation means that two variables increase or decrease together. In this case, the variable of high school performance is positively correlated with college performance - meaning that if one is low, the other is likely to be low as well.

The Textbook Authors Write "[People] Who Perform Poorly in High