If We Compute a Correlation on Data That Come Only

question 38

Multiple Choice

If we compute a correlation on data that come only from the middle of the X distribution (restricted range) rather than from the entire range,the correlation is likely to be _____ the correlation from the entire range.

• A)smaller than
• B)the same as
• C)a little larger than
• D)a lot larger than

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