The Correlation Coefficient Between High School Grade Point Average (GPA)

Multiple Choice

The correlation coefficient between high school grade point average (GPA) and college GPA is
0) 560. For a student with a high school GPA that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean, we
Would expect that student to have a college GPA that is ______ the mean.

A) 2.5 SD above
B) 1.4 SD above
C) equal to
D) 0.56 SD above