The Most Common Measure of Effect Size for the Correlation

question 53

Multiple Choice

The most common measure of effect size for the correlation coefficient is called ______.

• A) the correlation coefficient
• B) the coefficient of determination
• C) estimated Cohen's d
• D) the test statistic

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