Why would one use the phi coefficient instead of the Pearson correlation?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: The phi coefficient is used when both of the variables are nominal variables.

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a. Provide districts with pertinent information. b. Provide teachers with information for students who paid attention. c. Are a way for your administrators to know you are teaching to the standards. d. Are a powerful means of improving student learning.

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One advantage of being part of an adolescent crowd is that ______.

a. you feel that you are known and understood b. there is a great deal of self-disclosure and sharing within the group c. you always have someone to talk to when you want advice d. it provides a type of ready-made identity that other adolescents recognize

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Which one of the following utilizes a modified "cloze" procedure to assess paragraph comprehension?

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Research hypotheses can be reasoned __________ from general theories or __________ from specific observations.

A) spiritually; holistically B) formatively; summatively C) summatively; formatively D) deductively; inductively E) inductively; deductively

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