Executives at Target want to use a personality inventory to screen job applicants for customer service positions. They want to select the inventory that best predicts behaviors such as honesty, friendliness, and dependability. Which of the following four inventories will be best for them?

a. High scores on Inventory A correlate .59 with measures of honesty, friendliness, and dependability
b. High scores on Inventory C correlate .10 with measures of honesty, friendliness, and dependability
c. High scores on Inventory D correlate -.73 with measures of honesty, friendliness, and dependability
d. High scores on Inventory B correlate 3.66 with measures of honesty, friendliness, and dependability


Answer: c. High scores on Inventory D correlate -.73 with measures of honesty, friendliness, and dependability

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