A researcher is interested in the relationship between years of schooling and number of alcoholic drinks consumed per week. What would be an appropriate measure of association for these two variables?
A) phi
B) Kendall's tau-b
C) Pearson's r
D) lambda

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Pearson's r is appropriate for measuring the linear relationship between two continuous variables, such as years of schooling and number of alcoholic drinks consumed per week.

A Researcher Is Interested in the Relationship Between Years of Schooling