A researcher wants to use scores on a measure of self-esteem to predict a group of outcome measures, including marital satisfaction and employment satisfaction. Which of the following procedures would be most useful?
A) Loglinear analysis
B) Confirmatory factor analysis
C) Canonical correlation
D) MANOVA

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Canonical correlation is the most appropriate statistical procedure when the goal is to examine the relationships between two sets of variables, in this case, self-esteem scores (a set of predictor variables) and a group of outcome measures such as marital satisfaction and employment satisfaction (a set of criterion variables).

A Researcher Wants to Use Scores on a Measure of Self-Esteem