You Want to Determine the Relationship Between Caffeine Intake and Performance

question 102

Multiple Choice

You want to determine the relationship between caffeine intake and performance on a mid-quarter exam.As students sit down to take the exam,you ask them to write the number of cups of tea,soda,or coffee they ingested two hours prior to the exam.You also obtain their exam scores.You calculate the correlation coefficient between the two variables to be +0.82.What can you conclude?

• A) The more caffeine students consumed,the better their scores.
• B) 82 percent of the students consumed caffeine prior to the exam.
• C) Drinking coffee caused better scores.
• D) The more caffeine students consumed,the worse their scores.

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