Nazanin is analyzing the relationship between the number of years first year McMaster undergraduate students previously spent being classically trained on a musical instrument and the grade that they received in the course Math 1A03. She calculated a correlation coefficient of 0.25. Which of the following best describes the relationship between these variables according to Nazanin's results?

Nazanin is analyzing the relationship between the number of years first year McMaster undergraduate students previously spent being classically trained on a musical instrument and the grade that they received in the course Math 1A03. She calculated a correlation coefficient of 0.25. Which of the following best describes the relationship between these variables according to Nazanin's results?





A) There is a weak positive correlation, where students who performed worse in math tended to have more musical training.
B) There is a strong positive correlation, where students who performed better in math tended to have less musical training.
C) There is a weak positive correlation, where students who performed worse in math tended to have less musical training.
D) There is a strong positive correlation, where students who performed better in math tended to have more musical training.



Answer: C