Data Set 6-9
the Correlation Between High School GPA and College

Multiple Choice

Data Set 6-9
The correlation between high school GPA and college GPA is .50. Given the data that follow, your task is to predict college GPA.
$$\begin{array} { l c c c } & \underline{ \text { College GPA } } & \underline{ \text { High School GPA} } \\\text { Mean } & 2.6 & 3.3 & \\\text { Standard Deviation } & 0.5 & 0.7\end{array}$$
-Look at Data Set 6-9. For a person with a high school GPA of 2.5, the predicted college GPA is

A) 2.04
B) 2.31
C) 2.88