An Appropriate Correlation Coefficient Describing the Relationship Between Two Artificially

question 28

Multiple Choice

An appropriate correlation coefficient describing the relationship between two artificially dichotomous variables is

• A) biserial correlation.
• B) phi coefficient.
• C) tetrachoric correlation.
• D) point biserial correlation.

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