Which of the Following Is True of Correlations

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of correlations?

• A)They cannot be used to determine statistical significance.
• B)They provide the basis for transforming observations to scales.
• C)They are particularly useful with nominal scales.
• D)They describe the direction and magnitude of relationships between two variables.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, unconsciously, to protect themselves from anxiety and to cope with reality.

Unacceptable Impulse

A desire or thought that is not permitted by personal values or social standards, often repressed or denied.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that acts as the ethical component, providing moral standards by which the ego operates.

Freud

The founder of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, devised a method to cure psychopathologies by facilitating conversations between a patient and a psychoanalyst.