A researcher obtains a -.87 correlation between job applicants' ages and their likelihood to be hired,but she thinks job skills may be an important influence.She should calculate a(n)

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To determine if job skills are an important influence on the relationship between age and hiring likelihood, the researcher should calculate a partial correlation coefficient. This would allow her to control for the effects of job skills on the relationship between age and hiring likelihood, and determine if the relationship still holds when job skills are taken into account.

A Researcher Obtains a -