If Two Variables Are Found Not to Be Related to One

question 27

Multiple Choice

If two variables are found not to be related to one another, then the correlation coefficient of the relationship between these two variables should be close to

• A) zero
• B) +0.63
• C) -0.50
• D) -1.00
• E) +1.00

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