What does a negative correlation coefficient indicate?

Question

What does a negative correlation coefficient indicate?

Answer 1

a negative correlation coefficient between a and b indicates that as a increases, b decreases. The closer it is to -1, the better is your ability to estimate the decline in b from the increase in a.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A negative correlation coefficient indicates that it is an inverse relationship between your X and Y variables. As one variable increases, the other variable decreases. Note that the negative sign denotes only the directionality of the relationship, not the strength.