A moderate positive correlation best describes the strength and direction of the association between the variables. R = 0.44 means that the independent variable could make a positive 0.44 increase to the dependent variable. R correlation varies from 0 to 1 where 0 means the weakest correlation and 1 mean the strongest correlation. Therefore, 0.44 could be classified as moderate correlation. The minus and positive of the correlation coefficient show the direction between the variables.
