If one wishes to assess the relation between a farming county's average annual temperature and the crop yield, it may be important to take into account the overlapping variability that crop yield and temperature share with rainfall.To do so, one would compute a:
A) split-half reliability.
B) partial correlation.
C) concurrent validity.
D) coefficient alpha.

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A partial correlation would allow for the relationship between temperature and crop yield to be assessed while controlling for the shared variance with rainfall. The other options are not applicable for this situation.

If One Wishes to Assess the Relation Between a Farming