A Correlation of

question 68

Multiple Choice

A correlation of +.55 between preschool attendance and self-esteem indicates that children who attend preschool have __________ self-esteem scores than children who do not attend preschool.

• A) moderately higher
• B) significantly higher
• C) significantly lower
• D) moderately lower

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Definitions:

Measures of Central Tendency

Statistical indicators that describe the center point or typical value of a dataset, including the mean, median, and mode.

Standard Deviation

A gauge for the degree of spread or variability among figures in a collection.

Mean

A statistical measure representing the average value of a set of numbers.

Percentile

A statistical measure indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations fall.