The appropriate correlation coefficient for measuring the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two ranked or ordinal variables is ______.
A. the Spearman correlation coefficient
B. the point-biserial correlation coefficient
C. the phi correlation coefficient
D. none of these
Ans: A
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a. Type of tool b. Method – Quantitative or Qualitative c. Role of the observer d. All of the above
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