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Tirant22

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You are conducting a survey of international students studying at your university. Several of the questions on the survey try to determine how much exposure to American culture the student had before coming to the United States. You suspect that the more exposure the student had before arriving here, the fewer problems of adjustment he or she will report. You are looking for a(n) ____.
 
  a. hypothesis.
  b. negative correlation.
  c. positive correlation.
  d. independent variable.

Question 2

Professor Goranson studies the relation between adolescents' self-esteem and the number of close friends they report having. After completing her statistical analyses, Professor Goranson finds that as the number of close friendships increased, adolescents' self-esteem rose moderately. Which correlation coefficient did she likely obtain?
 
  a. 0.86
  b. 0.35
  c. +0.46
  d. +0.98


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enass

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

ANSWER:
b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
c


Tirant22

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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