The correlation coefficient between high school grade point average (GPA) and college GPA is
0)560. For a student with a high school GPA that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean, we
Would expect that student to have a college GPA that is ______ the mean.
A) 2.5 SD above
B) 1.4 SD above
C) equal to
D) 0.56 SD above

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The expected college GPA is calculated by multiplying the high school GPA's standard deviation above the mean (2.5) by the correlation coefficient (0.56), resulting in 1.4 SD above the mean.

The Correlation Coefficient Between High School Grade Point Average (GPA)