Edwin is the HR manager at a customer care unit with close to 1,000 employees.He wants to statistically analyze the service data to make the recruitment process more effective by identifying desirable and undesirable qualities of employees.Edwin observes a high positive correlation between the employees' ability to adapt and the turnaround time.However,he decides to avoid using this criterion when recruiting employees.Which of the following,if true,would MOST strengthen this decision to avoid the criterion?
A) The statistical significance of the correlation was found to be sixty percent.
B) Another trait, honesty, had a higher correlation coefficient than employees' ability to adapt.
C) The sample size used by Edwin was significantly larger than what was required.
D) Multiple regressions were observed among the variables used for the analysis.

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The statistical significance of sixty percent is relatively low, suggesting that the observed correlation might not be reliable or meaningful, thus justifying Edwin's decision to avoid using this criterion.

Edwin Is the HR Manager at a Customer Care Unit