Researchers find that adolescents with low IQ will report more delinquent acts than high IQ adolescents. The researchers may report this finding as

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Since the direction of the correlation is negative (low IQ is associated with more delinquent acts), we can eliminate answer choices A and C. Answer choice D is the Z-score, which does not provide information about the direction of the correlation. Answer choice E is a T-score, which is not relevant to correlational data. Therefore, the best answer choice is B, which represents a negative correlation coefficient.

Researchers Find That Adolescents with Low IQ Will Report More