13.35 Cats, mental health problems, and the direction of a correlation: You may be aware of the stereotype about the “crazy” person who owns a lot of cats. Have you wondered whether the stereotype is true? As a researcher, you decide to assess 100 people on two variables: (1) the number of cats they own and (2) their level of mental health problems (a higher score indicates more problems).

a. Imagine that you found a positive relation between these two variables. What might you expect for someone who owns a lot of cats? Explain.

b. Imagine that you found a positive relation between these two variables. What might you expect for someone who owns no cats or just one cat? Explain.

c. Imagine that you found a negative relation between these two variables. What might you expect for someone who owns a lot of cats? Explain.

d. Imagine that you found a negative relation between these two variables. What might you expect for someone who owns no cats or just one cat? Explain.