The ordinal test, cited in the text, for testing the hypothesis of association is the
A) Pearson r
B) H
C) T
D) Spearman r

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The best choice for testing the hypothesis of association in this context would be the Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient (Spearman r), which evaluates the degree of monotonic association between two variables. Unlike Pearson's correlation, which assumes a linear relationship, Spearman's correlation does not make any assumptions about the form of the relationship between variables and is therefore better suited for ordinal data.

The Ordinal Test, Cited in the Text, for Testing the Hypothesis