DrKlein Found That the Correlation Between Anxiety and an IQ

question 103

Multiple Choice

Dr.Klein found that the correlation between anxiety and an IQ test was exactly zero.This means that

• A)there was no relationship between IQ and anxiety.
• B)those scoring highest on anxiety also scored highest on IQ.
• C)those scoring highest on anxiety scored lowest on IQ.
• D)the relationship between IQ and anxiety varies depending on the order in which the tests were given.

---

Definitions:

Consumption

The consumption of products and services by individuals in a household.

Impossibility Theorem

A proposition demonstrated by Kenneth Arrow showing that no system of aggregating individual preferences into social decisions will always yield consistent, nonarbitrary results.

Voting Paradox

A simple demonstration of how majority-rule voting can lead to seemingly contradictory and inconsistent results. A commonly cited illustration of the kind of inconsistency described in the impossibility theorem.

Social Choice

The problem of deciding what society wants. The process of adding up individual preferences to make a choice for society as a whole.