A Researcher Has Two Continuous Variables (IV and DV) That

Multiple Choice

A researcher has two continuous variables (IV and DV) that are ranked. She uses the Spearman correlation to analyze her data. She describes the relation between the IV and the DV as positive and monotonic. This means that:

A) There is a linear relation between the two variables
B) There is no relation between the two variables
C) As one variable increases, the other variable increases, but not necessarily by the same amount
D) As one variable increases, the other variable increases in a directly proportional fashion