When the Correlation Between X and Y Is Zero, Then

question 93

Multiple Choice

When the correlation between X and Y is zero, then the safest prediction of Y which can be made, give information on X,

• A) is the mean of X
• B) is the mean of Y
• C) is the mean of the combined distributions of X and Y
• D) none of these

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