When Analyzing the Data She Has Collected for a Research

Multiple Choice

When analyzing the data she has collected for a research project, a researcher computes a correlation coefficient of +32.9 between self-esteem and classroom performance.The researcher should definitely conclude that:

A) there is a high positive correlation between self-esteem and classroom performance.
B) there is a low positive correlation between self-esteem and classroom performance.
C) one variable causes the other (although she does not know in which direction the cause-effect relationship goes) .
D) she has made an error in her calculations.