Obtain the Correlation Matrix
-Twelve Nursing Students Are Set to Graduate

question 14

Multiple Choice

Obtain the Correlation Matrix
-Twelve nursing students are set to graduate and the registration clerk at the nursing school wonders if there is a correlation between a student's age, their GPA and their state board score. She collects data about the 12 students. The data is given below. What is the correlation between their state board score and their age?

• A) \(0.881\)
• B) \(- 0.240\)
• C) \(- 0.143\)
• D) \(0.453\)

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