We Can Use the Length of a Man's Hand Span $r$

question 529

Multiple Choice

We can use the length of a man's hand span to predict his height, with a correlation coefficient of $r$ $= 0.60$ . If change our measurements from $\mathrm { cm }$ to $\mathrm { m }$ , the new correlation will be

• A) 6
• B) 0.06
• C) 0.60
• D) 0.006
• E) none of these

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