The Appropriate Correlation Coefficient for Measuring the Direction and Strength

question 31

Multiple Choice

The appropriate correlation coefficient for measuring the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two ranked or ordinal variables is

• A)the Spearman correlation coefficient
• B)the point-biserial correlation coefficient
• C)the phi correlation coefficient
• D)none of the above

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