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LCritchfi

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A researcher wishes to predict those college students who will be persistent in their education, that is, those who will stay in college and graduate within five years as opposed to those who will not complete a degree within five years. Which of the following methods would the researcher use?
 
  a. Factor analysis
  b. Partial correlation
  c. Path analysis
  d. Multiple regression
  e. Discriminant analysis

Question 2

The Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient is used to measure the
 
  a. magnitude of the curvilinear relationship between two variables.
  b. linearity of the relationship between two variables.
  c. direction of the curvilinear relationship between two variables.
  d. magnitude and direction of the linear relationship between two variables.


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Natalie4ever

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

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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