The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 5 - Regression - Chapter 5 Exercises - Page 157: 5.46

Answer

Correlation between the mean state scores will be higher than the correlation between the scores of individuals on these two measures as scores of individuals will vary much more as compared to the average score, resulting in a low correlation.

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Correlation between the mean state scores will be higher than the correlation between the scores of individuals on these two measures as scores of individuals will vary much more as compared to the average score, resulting in a low correlation.
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