If a correlation coefficient that you expected to be fairly high, turns out to be very low, you should investigate whether there is a:

a. restrictive range on one or both variables.
b. curvilinear relationship between the variables.
c. third variable inhibiting the relationship.
d. restrictive range on one or both variables and a curvilinear relationship between the variables.


d

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a) Fantism b) Erotomania c) Disorganized schizophrenia d) None of the above

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A. sublimation B. introjection C. displacement D. repression

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