Melinda Is Computing the Correlation Coefficient Between Scores from a Measure

question 115

Multiple Choice

Melinda is computing the correlation coefficient between scores from a measure of eyewitness confidence and scores from a measure of eyewitness accuracy. What sort of coefficient do you think she'll find?

• A) a negative one
• B) a weak one
• C) a strong one
• D) a positive one

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