A Teacher Was Surprised to Find a Negative Correlation Between

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Multiple Choice

A teacher was surprised to find a negative correlation between pretest scores and the amount of change in a pretest-posttest design.How would you explain the negative correlation to the teacher?

• A) The students who did well on the pretest did not learn as much during the instructional period.
• B) The method of instruction was not appropriate for those students who had high pretest scores.
• C) Students who have high scores on the pretest can be expected to have low change scores because of the ceiling effect on the posttest.
• D) The negative correlation is due to the low reliability of the pretest and the posttest.

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