What is a correlation coefficient?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A numerical index of the degree of a relationship between two variables

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Zing Yang Kuo found that 86% of kittens that saw their mothers kill rats later killed rats themselves. He found that _____ of kittens that never saw their mothers kill rats later killed rats themselves

a. 87% b. 73% c. 65% d. 45%

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A group of 2-year-olds watches through a window while an adult hides a desired toy in an adjoining room. Another group watches the same event on a video screen. What is likely to occur?

A. Children who watched the event directly will retrieve the toy more easily than those who viewed it on video. B. Children who viewed the event on video will retrieve the toy more easily than those who watched the event directly. C. Children who watched the event directly will be less motivated than those who viewed it on video to find the desired toy. D. Children who viewed the event on video will act more slowly but make a smaller number of reasoning mistakes than those who watched the event directly

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List several common assumptions found among most existentialists.

What will be an ideal response?

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About _____ of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder exhibit echolalia, which is defined as ___________.

a. 40%; vocal repetition of gurgling or clicking sounds b. 60%; a tendency for the child to make repetitive vocalizations that copy mechanical sounds such as car, vacuum, or washer noises c. 75%; the parrot-like repetition of a few spoken words d. 90%; repetitive whistling of familiar theme songs

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