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burton19126

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When Kulak and others (1994) gave people who were about to soak their hand in ice water a choice about who to wait with prior to the painful task, they found that the participants preferred to wait
 
  a. with someone who had already done the task.
  b. with someone who was about to complete the task.
  c. with someone who did not have to do the task.
  d. alone.

Question 2

Suppose the correlation between the number of times couples go to the movies and the number of times they go out to dinner is +0.79 . Among the following conclusions, which one is not consistent with this computation?
 
  a. The more often that couples go to the movies, the more often they go out to dinner.
  b. The less often that couples go to the movies, the less often they go out to dinner.
  c. There is a strong positive correlation between the number of times couples go to the movies and the numberof times they go out to dinner.
 d. Because the correlation coefficient is less than 1.0, the association between these two variables is very weakand probably unreliable.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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