A government researcher wants to conduct a study to determine if there is a correlation between social security numbers and income. He collects the paired data from a random sample of 100 people. Should the methods of this chapter be used with the linear correlation coefficient? Why or why not?

Answer 1

We do not have your text with the chapter. However, you need to realize the social security numbers are only a nominal scale.

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