When a Small Letter a (E

question 10

Multiple Choice

When a small letter a (e.g., ^a) is beside a Pearson r statistic, what does it usually indicate?

• A) The Pearson r value is statistically significant at a specified level.
• B) The Pearson r value may not be reliable.
• C) The Pearson r value is too low to be statistically significant.
• D) The Pearson r value is the correlation of that variable to itself.

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Definitions:

Conspecifics

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Matched-Guise Technique

Research methodology to measure people’s attitudes towards a speaker based solely on speech style.