A college newspaper interviews a psychologist about a proposed system for rating the teaching ability of faculty members. The ps
ychologist says, “The evidence indicates that the correlation between a faculty member’s research productivity and teaching rating is close to zero.” Which of the following is the best interpretation of this statement? (a) Good researchers tend to be low rated teachers and vice versa. (b) Highly rated teachers tend to be poor researchers and vice versa. (c) Good researchers are just as likely to be highly rated teachers as they are to be low rated teachers; likewise for poor researchers. (d) Good research and high teaching ratings go hand in hand.
