Doris Has Read a Research Paper in a Refereed Journal

Multiple Choice

Doris has read a research paper in a refereed journal which states "within this organisation age is strongly correlated with gender (r = 0.7, p <0.01) ". She should ________.

A) Accept the statement, correlation is the right statistic to use with these data types
B) Reject the statement, age and gender are never correlated
C) Reject the statement, correlation is the wrong statistic to use with these data types
D) Accept the statement, it is published in a referred journal