Question

A college newspaper interviews a psychologist about student ratings of the teaching of faculty members. The psychologist says that the evidence indicates that the correlation between the research productivity and teaching rating of faculty members is close to zero. The paper reports this as Professor McDaniel said that good researchers tend to be poor teachers, and vice versa. Which statement in plain language (i.e. without the word correlation) correctly explains the psychologist's meaning?

A)There is little connection between research productivity and teaching rating.
B) While bad researchers tend to be good teachers, there is no similar relationship between good researchers and bad teachers.
C) While good researchers tend to be bad teachers, there is no similar relationship between bad researchers and good teachers.
D) Good researchers tend to be bad teachers and bad researchers tend to be good teachers.

Answer 1

The correct option is A.

Explanation:

As the psychologist states that there is no correlation found between teaching ratings and research productivity of the same faculty member, meaning that there is no significant relationship between the two. The paper's report states quite the opposite, that there is an inverse correlation. The statement that explains what the psychologist says correctly is A. There is little connection between teaching rating and research productivity.

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