If We Wanted to Know Whether Two Correlations Significantly Differ

question 1

Multiple Choice

If we wanted to know whether two correlations significantly differ from each other we would need to…

• A) calculate a z score.
• B) subtract the r values from each other.
• C) look at the differences in the p values.
• D) multiply the r values together.

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