If One of Our Variables Is a Dichotomy, the Correlation

question 60

Multiple Choice

If one of our variables is a dichotomy, the correlation we compute is

• A) Spearman's r _S.
• B) a rank correlation.
• C) a point-biserial correlation.
• D) a tetrachoric correlation.

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