A Researcher Correlated Achievement Test Scores in Mathematics and Science

question 100

Multiple Choice

A researcher correlated achievement test scores in mathematics and science, but later learned that the tests were too easy for the students.The outcome of the correlational analysis will be

• A) the same as if the researcher had used tests of appropriate difficulty.
• B) spuriously high because the easy exams will produce high scores and therefore high correlations.
• C) genuinely high.
• D) low because the easy tests will restrict the variation in scores on the two tests.

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