Question: The following table includes five correlation coefficients (Pearson r) statistics. Each measures the relationship between two variables. Using numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) rank

The following table includes five correlation coefficients (Pearson r) statistics. Each measures the relationship between two variables. Using numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) rank order these correlations with respect to the strength of these relationships. The numeral "1" should indicate the strongest correlation and the numeral "5" should indicate the weakest correlation. Assume each Pearson r correlation coefficient is statistical significant. Pearson r (correlation coefficient) Rank order .625 .123 -.854 .785 .932 Part Two Your captain comes to you with a report from an outside consultant. She is wanting to know how to interpret a statistic. She asks you, "It says here that the relationship between the number of hours a juvenile spends in a sanctioned after school program (e.g. police athletic league) and scores on standardized tests taken at school is .675. What does that mean?" Write a short explanation of this statistic in layman's terms (i.e. your own words, not technical jargon) so that your captain (who does not understand statistics) will understand the relationship between this after school program and test scores. Assume the statistics (a Pearson r) is statistically significant

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