An Assumption of the Statistical Test for the Significance of R

question 5

Multiple Choice

An assumption of the statistical test for the significance of r is that the.

• A)variances of X and Y are equal
• B)means of the X and Y populations are equal
• C)X and Y scores form a bivariate normal distribution
• D)X and Y scores are statistically independent

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