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jCorn1234

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When deciding which measure of correlation to employ with a specific set of data, you should consider _________.
 
  a. whether the relationship is linear or nonlinear
  b. type of scale of measurement for each variable
  c. both of these
  d. none of these

Question 2

Knowing nothing more than that IQ and memory scores are correlated 0.84, you could validly conclude that _________.
 
  a. good memory causes high IQ
  b. high IQ causes good memory
  c. neither good memory nor high IQ cause each other
  d. a third variable causes both good memory and high IQ
  e. none of these


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k2629

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


jCorn1234

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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