You Read in a Professional Magazine That the Correlation Between

question 31

Multiple Choice

You read in a professional magazine that the correlation between children's anxiety levels and their general effectiveness in social situations is -.30. You should conclude that:

• A) Children who are highly anxious are more skillful in social situations, almost without exception.
• B) Children who have low levels of anxiety are more skillful in social situations, almost without exception.
• C) Children who are highly anxious tend to be more skillful in social situations, but with many children being exceptions to the rule.
• D) Children who have low levels of anxiety tend to be more skillful in social situations, but with many children being exceptions to the rule.

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One of the four basic operations in arithmetic, division calculates how many times a number (dividend) can be contained within another number (divisor).

Simplify

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