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@Brianna17

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Explain the difference between a positive relationship and a negative relationship and give a graphical example of both.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

If an officer uses discretionary authority that results in disparate treatment of minorities, he or she is engaging in using
 
  A) justification.
  B) subjugation of defendants rights. C) racial profiling.
  D) theory of liability.



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Answer to Question 1

Students should explain that a positive relationship looks like a diagonal line from lower left to upper right. Higher values on X-axis tend to go with higher values on Y-axis, and vice versa.
A negative relationship looks like a line from upper left to the lower right. It means that higher values on one variable go with lower values on the other. Students should then provide a graphical example of each.

Answer to Question 2

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