Question

When a researcher is examining the association between gender (male/female) and high school grade point average, what test would be appropriate?

Pearson correlation coefficient

Chi-square

Independent t-test

Dependent t-test as your answer Dependent t-test

Answer 1

A researcher is examining the association between gender (male/female) and high school grade point average.

For this purpose Chi-squre test is appropriate.

Because:-

Pearson Correlation Coefficient:- Pearson correlation coefficient is mainly used to find the strength and directions of any linear relationship between two variables. So to examine the association between gender(male/female) and high school grade point average pearson Correlation Coefficient is not appropriate.

Independent t-test:- The independent t-test mainly used to test is there present any statistical differences between the means of two independent groups or variable. So to examine the association between gender(male/female) and high school grade point average independent t-test is not appropriate.

Department t-test:- The dependent Samples t-test is mainly used to test is there present any statistical differences between the means of two dependent groups or variable. So to examine the association between gender(male/female) and high school grade point average dependent t-test is not appropriate.

Chi-squre test:-The Chi-squre test for association is a standard measure for association between two variables. The Chi-squre test measure of the significance of the association rather than a measure of the strength of the association.

Answer:- To examine the association between gender(male/female) and high school grade point average Chi-squre test is appropriate.