Suppose That,on Average,persons Who Are 1 Standard Deviation Above the Mean

question 8

Multiple Choice

Suppose that,on average,persons who are 1 standard deviation above the mean on job satisfaction are 0.36 standard deviations above the mean on job performance.Which of the following would equal the correlation between job satisfaction and job performance? (Assume that the relation between job satisfaction and job performance is linear. )

• A).13
• B).60
• C).72
• D).18
• E).36

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