Correlating the Scores of 50 Students on Two Tests, an Investigator

question 26

Multiple Choice

Correlating the scores of 50 students on two tests, an investigator found that the sum of the z-score cross-products was 20.The Pearson's product moment coefficient in this case is:

• A) impossible to compute with the information given.
• B) .02.
• C) .20.
• D) .40.
• E) None of these are true.

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