Correlation Coefficients Used to Demonstrate the Statistical Relationships Existing Between

question 41

Multiple Choice

Correlation coefficients used to demonstrate the statistical relationships existing between an individual's test score and her/his performance are called

• A)reliability coefficients.
• B)significant coefficients.
• C)validity coefficients.
• D)canonical coefficients.
• E)empirical coefficients.

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Definitions:

Lateral Geniculate Nuclei

A part of the brain located in the thalamus that acts as a relay center for visual information received from the retina before it is sent to the visual cortex.

Activation-Synthesis

A theory of dreaming that suggests dreams are the result of the cerebral cortex interpreting random signals from the lower brain during REM sleep.

Reticular Formation

A network of neurons in the brainstem that's involved in arousal, wakefulness, and transmitting sensory information to the brain.

REM Sleep

Sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, EEG patterns similar to wakefulness, speeded heart rate and respiration, near-paralysis of skeletal muscles, and highly visual dreams.