Gretchen Wanted to See Whether, Given a Sample of Teachers

question 18

Multiple Choice

Gretchen wanted to see whether, given a sample of teachers' that graduated from colleges and Universities, GPA in college was related to starting salary as a teacher. Which correlation coefficient should Gretchen calculate?

• A) Pearson r
• B) eta
• C) Kendall's tau
• D) Spearman rho

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