Which of the following can artificially deflate the magnitude of a correlation coefficient?

a. having a large number of participants
b. on-line outliers
c. restricted range of scores
d. high reliability of the measures
e. all of the above can deflate a correlation

C

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a. The policy is too costly to implement. b. The policy is ineffective and unpopular. c. There is no governmental agency willing to undertake the responsibility for the policy. d. There is a rash of unintended consequences.

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