EDUC 5 CTP 7-1

Measures of Correlation Quiz

Name: ________________________________ Date: ____________________ Score: _______

Direction: Read each item very carefully. Write the CAPITAL answer on the space provided before each number.

______1. This variable has two or more categories ______7. Which of the following is a FALSE statement
without having any kind of natural order. about Spearman-rank-order correlation?
A. Interval A. It is appropriate to use if the
B. Nominal relationship between variables is
C. Ordinal monotonic.
D. Ratio B. It is used to measure the relationship
______2. What measures of correlation should you of two variables that are not linearly
use if all the questions are equally related.
challenging? C. It is used to estimate the degree of
A. Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 association of two sets of variables in
B. Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 an ordinal scale.
C. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation D. It is the most common measure of
D. Spearman’s Rank Correlation correlation to find the relationship of
two sets of variables quantitatively.
______3. When does the learner’s progress should be
reported? ______8. The following assumptions are true about
A. Annually the use of Pearson Product-Moment of
B. Monthly Correlation EXCEPT:
C. Quarterly A. The data gathered are in the interval
D. Semi-annually level of measurement.
______4. Which of the following correlation coefficient B. The problem is to determine the
(r) value denotes high relationship? correlation between two variables.
A. 0.90 C. Both variables can assume only a finite
B. 0.92 or countable number of values.
C. 0.99 D. Both variables can assume the
D. 1.00 infinitely many values corresponding
to the point on a line interval.
______5. It measures the reliability for a test with
binary variables and with items that have ______9.
varying difficulty. A. The data gathered are in the interval
A. Cronbach Alpha level of measurement.
B. Spearman’s Rank Correlation B. The problem is to determine the
C. Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 correlation between two variables.
D. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation C. Both variables can assume only a finite
or countable number of values.
______6. “When one variable is high, the other is also
D. Both variables can assume the
high; when one variable is low, the other is
infinitely many values corresponding
also low.” This statement describes what
to the point on a line interval.
type of correlation?
A. Negative Correlation ______10.
B. Positive Correlation A. The data gathered are in the interval
C. Zero or No Correlation level of measurement.
D. Both B and C B. The problem is to determine the
correlation between two variables.

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C. Both variables can assume only a finite
or countable number of values.
D. Both variables can assume the
infinitely many values corresponding
to the point on a line interval.

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