A Researcher Measures the Correlation in Rankings for a Sample

question 70

Multiple Choice

A researcher measures the correlation in rankings for a sample of restaurants and consumers' rankings of their favorite restaurants.If = 96 and n = 12,then what is the value of the correlation coefficient?

• A) .07
• B) .34
• C) .66
• D) .94

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