Since 1985, Which Are the Only Four Years When the United

question 11

Multiple Choice

Since 1985, which are the only four years when the United States enjoyed a budget surplus?

• A) 1998-2001
• B) 1994-1997
• C) 1984-1987
• D) 1988-1991

Apply critical values for decision making in hypothesis testing with correlation analyses.

Recognize the Spearman rank-order correlation as a measure for ordinal data.

Distinguish between correlational statistics and correlational research.

Understand how sample size affects the interpretation of correlation analyses.

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