Assume there is a correlation of .00 between shoe size and number of siblings. If you know someone's shoe size:
A. your prediction of the number of siblings will be very accurate
B. it would be very difficult to accurately predict the person's number of siblings
C. your prediction of the number of siblings will depend upon the strength of the relationship
D. then you could explain why the person has the number of siblings she does
Answer: B
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