Question

"If an investigator wanted to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and reading achievement, which of the following would be the most appropriate statistic?" Z-score Standard deviation Correlation Calculation of the means

Answer 1

If an investigator wanted to explore the relationship between socioeconomic status and reading achievement, the Appropriate statistic is Correlation.

Because it gives the Amount of linear relationship between two variables in terms of Numerical Value.

Also it clears whether the relation is negative. that is, as socioeconomic status increases, then reading achievement decreases or vice versa.

whether the relation is positive means as one increase or decrease other also increase or decrease.