A study was conducted looking at the association between number of polyps in the colon and mean grams of fiber consumed per day based on a standard food frequency questionnaire. The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.9 with a p-value of 0.003 and the Spearman correlation coefficient was 0.28 with a p-value of 0.049. Which form of correlation would be more appropriate to report and why?
a. The Spearman correlation results should be reported because at least one of the variables does not meet the distribution assumption required to use Pearson correlation.
b. The Pearson correlation results should be reported because the two variables are normally distributed.
c. The Spearman correlation results should be reported because the p-value is closer to 0.05.
d. The Pearson correlation results should be reported because it shows a stronger correlation with a smaller p-value (more significant)