Suppose That You Want to Be Able to Predict College

question 16

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you want to be able to predict college grades from information about high school grades. In this case, the college grades would be called the:

• A)predictor variable
• B)criterion variable
• C)independent variable
• D)causal variable

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