The Correlation Between Scores on a Measure of Hostility and Age

Multiple Choice

The correlation between scores on a measure of hostility and age at death is -.64.We could conclude from this correlation coefficient that people who have

A) high hostility scores tend to live longer.
B) low hostility scores tend to die younger.
C) high hostility scores tend to die younger.
D) low hostility scores die 64 percent sooner than those with high hostility scores.