The Appropriate Correlation Coefficient for Measuring the Direction and Strength

question 51

Multiple Choice

The appropriate correlation coefficient for measuring the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two ranked or ordinal variables is ______.

• A) the Spearman correlation coefficient
• B) the point-biserial correlation coefficient
• C) the phi correlation coefficient
• D) none of these

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