A schedule for trains from Chicago to New Orleans in one column shows how far each stop on the route is from Chicago and in another column how far the same stops are from New Orleans.The correlation between the two columns is ____.
A) A Pearson's product moment correlation of +1.00
B) A Pearson's product moment correlation between zero and +1.00
C) A Pearson's product moment correlation of zero
D) A Pearson's product moment correlation between zero and -1.00
E) A Pearson's product moment correlation of -1.00

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The correlation between the distances from Chicago and the distances from New Orleans for each stop is -1.00 because as the distance from Chicago increases, the distance from New Orleans decreases in a perfectly linear manner, indicating a perfect negative linear relationship.

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