Kevin's Analysis Indicated That in His Dataset SES Was Correlated

question 11

Multiple Choice

Kevin's analysis indicated that in his dataset SES was correlated r = .25 with absenteeism. This indicates that

• A) as SES increases there is a corresponding increase in absenteeism.
• B) SES is moderately correlated with absenteeism.
• C) SES is weakly correlated with absenteeism.
• D) absenteeism is strongly correlated with SES.

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