A correlation of .6 was obtained from a particular sample. The two measures are then administered to a sample from a more homogeneous population. The expected correlation in this new sample will probably be
A)0
B)less than .6.
C)approximately .6.
D)greater than .6.

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When the population becomes more homogeneous, the variability in scores decreases, which typically leads to a lower correlation coefficient because there is less variability for the correlation to account for.

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