A researcher collects the following measures on a sample of college students: scores on the SAT and the ACT, scores on an English composition test, high school class rank, scores on a noncognitive measure, whether or not students successfully completed the first year of college (pass-fail), and their GPA. Choose the statistical procedures that the researcher should use to answer the following
questions. What is the correlation between the combination of independent variables and GPA at the end of the freshman year as dependent variable?
a. Partial correlation
b. Factor analysis
c. Multiple regression
d. Discriminant analysis
e. Product-moment correlation
C
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Independent living is the goal for most young adults with disabilities.
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