Mr Jones, a Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Has Tried to Predict

Multiple Choice

Mr. Jones, a sixth grade science teacher, has tried to predict his students' end-of-the-year grades by looking at their grades from the previous year. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any systematic relationship between these two variables. The correlation between these two variables is probably ____________.

A) near zero
B) positive
C) negative
D) near 1.0