A social worker wants to know if there is a relationship between the number of foster children living with a family and a child’s academic success in elementary school.  The school GPA and number of children living in the household was recorded for 50 foster children.  Which statistical test would be best to determine if there is a significant relationship between variables?           dependent samples t-test     independent samples t-test     Pearson's r

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A social worker wants to know if there is a relationship between the number of foster children living with a family and a child’s academic success in elementary school.  The school GPA and number of children living in the household was recorded for 50 foster children.  Which statistical test would be best to determine if there is a significant relationship between variables?

     
   

dependent samples t-test

   

independent samples t-test

   

Pearson's r

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