Terry,after Reading About the Correlation Between Job Performance and IQ

question 168

Multiple Choice

Terry,after reading about the correlation between job performance and IQ scores,says to Randy,"There is a positive correlation in the .30 to .50 range between job performance and IQ.Since you're intelligent,you'll be successful in your career." What should Randy's educated response be?

• A) "There is no research studying those two variables."
• B) "The correlation is more like .50 to .60."
• C) "There is no positive correlation between job performance and IQ!"
• D) "You can't predict my specific personal job performance from my specific IQ."

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