I If There Is Absolutely No Relationship Between Two Variables

Multiple Choice

i. If there is absolutely no relationship between two variables, what will Pearson's r equal?
ii. If the value of r is -0.96, what does this indicate about the dependent variable as the independent
Variable increases?
iii. What is the value of the correlation coefficient if there is perfect correlation?

A) one (1) ; decreases; zero (0) .
B) one (1) ; increases; zero (0) .
C) zero (0) ; decreases; +/-1.0.
D) zero (0) ; increases; +/-1.0.
E) +/-1.0; nothing; +/-1.0.