A psychologist has found a correlation of +.54 between measures of need for achievement and college grade point average. Given this knowledge, you would expect that.
A)higher need for achievement scores are associated with higher college grade point averages
B)higher need for achievement scores are associated with lower college grade point averages
C)there is no relationship between need for achievement and college grade point average
D)if you knew a student's need for achievement score, you could predict the student's grade point average perfectly

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A positive correlation coefficient indicates a positive relationship between the two variables. Therefore, as need for achievement scores increase, college grade point averages are also expected to increase.

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