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elizabeth18

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The correlation between a predictor and a criterion is .84 . This means that the criterion has about ____ percent of its variance in common with the predictor.
 
  a. 16 c. 70
  b. 42 d. 84

Question 2

If a test is going to predict a criterion well, the correlation between the test and the criterion should be
 
  a. around .00 to indicate no errors of estimate.
  b. a large, positive coefficient of correlation.
  c. either a large positive or large negative correlation.
  d. a large, negative coefficient of correlation.



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Jevvish

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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elizabeth18

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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