Which of the Following Can Artificially Deflate the Magnitude of a Correlation

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can artificially deflate the magnitude of a correlation coefficient?

• A)Having a large number of participants
• B)On-line outliers
• C)Restricted range of scores
• D)High reliability of the measures

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