A Table Manufacturer Makes Tables at 12 Different Heights for Different

question 90

Multiple Choice

A table manufacturer makes tables at 12 different heights for different purposes.The CEO would like to know if customers in two different industries place the same value on each of the different heights based on a Likert scale.Ideally, the CEO would prefer that the preferences of the two industries be distinctly different from each other.Based on this, the CEO is hoping that the Spearman correlation coefficient works out to be a _____________.

• A)high positive value
• B)high negative value
• C)low positive value
• D)value near 0
• E)low negative value

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