Chapter 3.1, Problem 26E

To determine

Wrong paper’s report and physiologist’s meaning to be explained in simple language.

Answer to Problem 26E

Teaching ratings and research productivity of the faculty members are unrelated to each other.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Physiologist statement:

“The evidence indicates that the correlation between research productivity and teaching rating of faculty members is close to zero.”

Paper report:

“Professor McDaniel said that good researchers tend to be poor teachers, and vice versa”.

Teaching ratings and research productivity of faculty members do not influence each other due to zero − value.

In other words,

Teaching ratings and research productivity of faculty members are unrelated to each other due to zero − value.

Thus,

The faculty members having high research productivity do not necessarily have higher (or lower) teaching ratings.

Similarly,

The faculty members having low research productivity do not necessarily have lower (or higher) research productivity.