A Professor Wants to Determine If Students' Final Exam Scores

question 44

Multiple Choice

A professor wants to determine if students' final exam scores in a course can be predicted based on their scores on the first test.The quantitative index the professor is likely using in this situation is the

• A) prediction product.
• B) contingency score.
• C) covariation cross product.
• D) correlation coefficient.

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Semantic Memory

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