A Psychology Instructor Analyzing Exam Scores Notices That the Better

question 101

Multiple Choice

A psychology instructor analyzing exam scores notices that the better her students performed on the lecture-based questions, the more poorly they performed on the textbook-based questions. She has discovered:

• A) a zero correlation between scores on the two parts of the exam.
• B) a positive correlation between scores on the two parts of the exam.
• C) a negative correlation between scores on the two parts of the exam.
• D) definite evidence that the students who read the textbook do not attend the lectures while those attending them do not read the text.

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