A Researcher Wishing to Correlate Two Variables Collects Data from 17

question 89

Multiple Choice

A researcher wishing to correlate two variables collects data from 17 people. For $\alpha$ = .05 (two-tailed) , the critical values would be ______.

• A) ± .482
• B) ± .468
• C) ± .456
• D) ± .412

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