If You Would Like to Examine the Relationship Between One

question 23

Multiple Choice

If you would like to examine the relationship between one dichotomous variable and one continuous variable, which type of correlation coefficient would you use?

• A) Point biserial coefficient
• B) Pearson product moment coefficient
• C) Phi coefficient
• D) Spearman rank coefficient

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