Success or Failure in a High Jump Is an Example

question 19

Multiple Choice

Success or failure in a high jump is an example of which type of correlation?

• A) Biserial correlation
• B) Point-biserial correlation
• C) Spearman's rho correlation
• D) Kendall's tau correlation

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