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A psychologist has found a correlation of +.54 between measures of need for
  achievement and college grade point average. Given this knowledge, you would expect
  that _____ .
 
  a. higher need for achievement scores are associated with higher college grade point
  averages
  b. higher need for achievement scores are associated with lower college grade point
  averages
  c. there is no relationship between need for achievement and college grade point
  average
  d. if you knew a student's need for achievement score, you could predict the
  student's grade point average perfectly

Question 2

A Pearson r should be calculated only when the relationship between two variables can
  be assumed to be _____ .
 
  a. independent
   b. linear
  c. positive
  d. negative


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


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