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Example of Negative Correlation: Sleep and GPA
In a real-world example of negative correlation, student researchers at the University of Minnesota found a weak negative correlation () between the average number of days per week that students got fewer than 5 hours of sleep and their GPA (Lowry, Dean, & Manders, 2010).
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