Which of the Following Is Good Practice for Interpreting a Correlation

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is good practice for interpreting a correlation?

• A) finding a method that demonstrates the size of the correlation in a concrete manner
• B) evaluating whether it is statistically significant at the p < .05 level
• C) simply looking at the sign of the correlation and ignoring the actual value
• D) squaring the value, so that you can interpret the value more easily

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