Sports scientists were interested in the effects of anxiety and experience on high board diving performance.  All three variables are correlated with each other, but what correlation test could be run if you wanted to find out the degree of ‘exclusive’ variance anxiety had on diving performance without the interaction of the experience variable?

A. Partial correlation
B. Biserial correlation
C. Point-biserial correlation
D. Semi-partial correlation


Answer: A

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