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nautica902 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When a college admissions office is trying to predict which students are likely to succeed if they are admitted to that college,

the admissions officers are interested in seeing if there is a relationship between SAT or ACT scores and first year college grades. In this example, the college grades would be the
a. predictor variable.
b. measured variable.
c. confirmatory variable.
d. criterion variable.

Question 2

When a college admissions office is trying to predict which students are likely to succeed if they are admitted to that college, the admissions officers are interested in seeing if there is a relationship between SAT

or ACT scores and first year grades. In this example, the SAT or ACT scores would be the
a. predictor variable.
b. measured variable.
c. confirmatory variable.
d. criterion variable.