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much higher than the class average that spent 10 hours studying for the test, one may
predict that if another students spends 30 hours studying, he or she would receive a score
much higher than the class average.
4. What does a positive correlation indicate? A negative correlation??
A positive correlation implies that the two factors in question co-exist or supplement each
other. Conversely, a negative correlation shows that the two factors in question
contradict one another or have negative influences on the outcome. For example, if
students who spend a great deal of time studying for the test tend to do well on it, one
may claim that there is a positive correlation between the number of hours spent studying
and performance. On the other hand, if students who abuse illicit drugs tend to perform
poorly on tests, one may conclude that there is a negative correlation between drug abuse
and performance.
5. Correlations indicate relationships. What does a +. 82 mean? A -.82
The correlation of +0.82 suggests that there is a positive correlation between the
two factors in question. By contrast, the correlation of -0.82 suggests that there is
a negative correlation between them.
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The use of any test (regardless of how good is) must be feasible from an administrative
perspective. Some tests take a lot of time, require the administer to be highly skilled, and
can
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Questions for Chapter 5. 5 points each
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4. What are some measures that would produce a high correlation coefficient for
reliability and what are some that would produce lower coefficients and why??
Internal consistency reliability assessment is likely to produce a high correlation
coefficient for reliability. By definition, reliable data is self-consistent and reliable
tests produce similar results consistently. Thus, internal consistency is by
definition the center-piece of reliability and therefore, it should produce high
correlation coefficient results that are also closely linked with reliability. By
contrast, the inter-method reliability should produce lower correlation coefficient
results because there should be more inconsistencies between tests that are
founded on different methods.