A correlation study indicates that teachers’ interest in teaching and the amount of the day their students are engaged in learning correlate at +0.46. This coefficient would indicate that
A. as teacher interest decreases, engaged time increases.
B. as teacher interest increases, engaged time tends to increase.
C. interest in teaching leads to a large increase in engaged time.
D. there is virtually NO relationship between the two variables.
Answer:B
A correlation study indicates that teachers’ interest in teaching and the amount of the day their students are engaged in learning correlate at +0.46. This coefficient would indicate that
A. as teacher interest decreases, engaged time increases. B. as teacher interest increases, engaged time tends to increase. C. interest in teaching leads to a large increase in engaged time. D. there is virtually NO relationship between the two variables.
Explanation: B) The +0.46 correlation coefficient suggests a moderately strong positive relationship between teaching interest and engaged time. Teachers who have more interest in teaching tend to have students who are more engaged in learning, and vice versa.