There are three types of relationships between variables: positive, negative or inverse.

1. POSITIVE If X goes up then Y goes up. There is a positive relationship between (X) and (Y).

2. NEGATIVE If X goes down then Y goes down. There is a negative relationship between (X) and (Y).

3. INVERSE If X goes UP then Y goes down, OR If X goes down then Y goes up. There is an inverse relationship between (X) and (Y).

PLEASE DEVELOP 5 HYPOTHESES USING THE STRUCTURE BELOW.

There is a BLANK relationship between (independent/predictor variable - X) and (dependent/outcome variable - Y).