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)0.56 SD above
B)1.94 SD above
C)2.5 SD above
D)equal to
E)1.4 SD above

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The correlation coefficient (0.560) indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables. In this case, a high school GPA that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean would result in a college GPA that is 0.560 * 2.5 = 1.4 standard deviations above the mean, hence option E is correct.

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