The Quantitative Index of the Direction and Magnitude of a Predictive

question 72

Multiple Choice

The quantitative index of the direction and magnitude of a predictive relationship is called a

• A)convergent validity.
• B)correlation coefficient.
• C)contingency variable.
• D)discriminant statistic.

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