Researchers Say That a Correlation Is Significant If

Multiple Choice

Researchers say that a correlation is significant if:

A) the dots appear to form a straight line on the scatter diagram
B) there is a small probability, such as 5% or 1%, that you could have obtained a correlation this big if in fact there had been no correlation in the population at large
C) the correlation is .05 or greater (or below -.05 if negative)
D) there is a large probability (.50 or larger) that this correlation is greater than that computed in standard tables of what is called the chi-square distribution