A researcher has computed a gamma of -0.45 between marital happiness and number of children. What can she conclude?
A) Families with more children are happier. This is a moderate relationship.
B) Children have a strong, positive influence on levels of marital happiness.
C) There is a moderate, negative relationship between number of children and marital happiness.
D) There is a weak, negative relationship between the variables.

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A gamma of -0.45 suggests a moderate negative relationship between number of children and marital happiness. Therefore, families with more children tend to have lower levels of happiness.

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