A Researcher Measures the Correlation Between Gender and Student Aptitude

question 37

Multiple Choice

A researcher measures the correlation between gender and student aptitude scores from 0 to 100 among 20 participants.If r_pb = .49,then what is the decision for this correlation test?

• A) retain the null hypothesis
• B) reject the null hypothesis
• C) there is not enough information to answer this question

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