A positive correlation coefficient would tell HR that the opposite is true—that the absenteerate is actually higher when employees have longer tenure with the company. This would bereflected by a positive number, such as +.8. Figure 2.3 shows what this would look like.If there were no correlation at all—that is, if length of employment had nothing to do withabsenteeism—the correlation coefficient would be 0.0, as shown in Figure 2.4.