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In computing a correlation coefficient, if one variable is measured on an ordinal scale and the other variable is at least ordinal, then the appropriate coefficient would be
 
  A) A canonical correlation coefficient.
  B) A Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient.
  C) A partial correlation coefficient.
  D) A Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

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If a researcher wanted to determine the correlation between two variables, and both are measured on at least an interval scale, he/she would use the
 
  A) Spearman partial correlation.
  B) Canonical correlation.
  C) Pearson product-moment correlation.
  D) Spearman rank-order correlation.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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Reply 2 on: Aug 4, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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