In a study assessing the relationship between the number of close friends who drink alcohol regularly and the number of times a person in treatment for alcohol abuse drank alcohol after completing treatment, the appropriate correlation coefficient to calculate is:
A)Pearson's r
B)Spearman's rho
C)phi
D)eta

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Pearson's r is appropriate for assessing the correlation between two continuous variables, such as the number of close friends who drink and the number of times a person drank alcohol.

In a Study Assessing the Relationship Between the Number of Close