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1. A correlation coefficient of .57 indicates a moderate, positive, linear relationship between high school grades and success. It is positive, which is good. There is a moderate correlation, also good in the context of this problem, where one would not expect a perfect association. And this is only for least squares linear regression; perhaps a quadratic, power, or exponential model would be better.
2. How do they define success? There can only be correlation between two quantitative variables.</p>
<p>Basically, I think you pulled that number off the top of your head, or the person you got it from did.
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<p>What I meant by success was college freshman GPA, and I'm sorry for not mentioning that. SAT scores and freshman GPA are quantitative variables.</p>