Metainformation
| Tag | Value |
|---|---|
| file | Descriptive-statistics_uva-correlation-328-en_uva-correlation-328-en |
| name | uva-correlation-328-en |
| section | Descriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Bivariate statistics/Correlation |
| type | schoice |
| solution | TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE |
| Type | Calculation |
| Language | English |
| Level | Statistical Literacy |
| IRT-Difficulty | 3.727 |
| p-value | 0.1666 |
Question
A researcher is interested in the correlation between two normally normally distributed variables X and Y and to that end draws a random sample of 20 individuals from her target population. From this she calculates the following quantities. The value of the Pearson correlation coefficient is equal to
- TRUE: -0.687
- FALSE: -0.335
- FALSE: 0.0012
- FALSE: 0.687
- 0.687: Correct
- 0.335: Incorrect
- 0.0012: Incorrect
- 0.687: Incorrect