When Is It Inappropriate to Conduct a T Test for the Correlation

question 21

Multiple Choice

When is it inappropriate to conduct a t test for the correlation coefficient?

• A)when the correlation is negative
• B)when the correlation is positive
• C)when the relationship is linear
• D)when the relationship is nonlinear

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