A college newspaper interviews a psychologist about student ratings of the teach

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A college newspaper interviews a psychologist about student ratings of the teaching of faculty members. The psychologist says, The evidence indicates that the correlation between the research productivity and teaching rating of faculty members is close to zero. The paper reports this as Professor McDaniel said that good researchers tend to be poor teachers, and vice versa.

Which statement in plain language (i.e. without the word correlation) correctly explains the psychologist's meaning?

A) There is little connection between research productivity and teaching rating. B) While bad researchers tend to be good teachers, there is no similar relationship between good researchers and bad teachers. C) While good researchers tend to be bad teachers, there is no similar relationship between bad researchers and good teachers. D) Good researchers tend to be bad teachers and bad researchers tend to be good teachers.

Explanation / Answer

OPTION A: There is little connection between research productivity and teaching rating.

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This is because the correlation is close to 0. This is the proper way to interpret it.

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