You Have Collected Data on the Average Weekly Amount of Studying

question 42

Multiple Choice

You have collected data on the average weekly amount of studying time (T) and grades (G) from the peers at your college. Changing the measurement from minutes into hours has the following effect on the correlation coefficient:

• A)decreases the \(r _ { T G }\) by dividing the original correlation coefficient by 60
• B)results in a higher \(r _ { T G }\)
• C)cannot be computed since some students study less than an hour per week
• D)does not change the \(r _ { T G }\)

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