Special Programs Narrative A Social Skills Training Program Was Implemented with Seven Students

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Special Programs Narrative
A social skills training program was implemented with seven students with disabilities in a study to determine whether the program caused improvement in pre/post measures and behaviour ratings. For one such test, the pre- and posttest scores for the seven students are given in the table.
-Refer to Special Programs Narrative. What type of correlation, if any, do you expect to see between the pre- and posttest scores? Plot the data. Does the correlation appear to be positive or negative?

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