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Sampling Distribution of Pearson's r

Question 1 out of 4.

What is the shape of the sampling distribution of \(r\)?

Normal
Bimodal
Skewed

Question 2 out of 4.

What is the corresponding \(z\)' for \(r = -.65\)?

Question 3 out of 4.

Which of these r values is the most different from its corresponding \(z\)'?

\(r = 0\)
\(r = .6\)
\(r = .2\)
\(r = -.8\)

Question 4 out of 4.

The population has a correlation of \(.60\). What is the probability that you will get a sample correlation of at least \(r = .50\) if you sample \(19\) pairs?

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