Assume That Students with High College GPAs Tend to Earn

question 40

Multiple Choice

Assume that students with high college GPAs tend to earn more money in starting salary than students with low college GPAs,but this relation is far from perfect.Which of the following is a likely correlation between GPA and starting salary?

• A)- 0.90
• B)0.00
• C)+ 0.40
• D)+ 0.90

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Definitions:

Continuous Variables

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Factor Analysis

An analytical method in statistics that identifies the basic variables, or factors, explaining the correlation patterns seen within a group of observed variables.

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